Anatomy and sequence stratigraphy of the late Quaternary Arno valley fill (Tuscany, Italy)

GeoActa

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-66

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Sarti, Giovanni ^b   Rossi, Veronica ^a   Fontana, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arno river; Incised valley fill; Parasequence; Quaternary; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85127221499     PISSN: 17218039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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