Title The Flandrian transgression [La transgresión flandense]
Author Bergoeing, J.P.
Author Affil Bergoeing, J.P., Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Source Revista Geográfica, Vol.144, p.229- 239, . Publisher: Instituto Panamericano de Geográfia e Historia, International
Publication Date Dec. 2008
Notes In Spanish with English and French summaries. 16 refs. GeoRef Acc. No: 297076
Index Terms climatic change; glaciation; paleoclimatology; Pleistocene; Costa Rica; Greece; France--Poitou; Cenozoic; Central America; climate change; deglaciation; Eemian; Europe; Flandrian; France; Holocene; paleoenvironment; Poitevin Swamp; Poitou; Quaternary; sea-level changes; Southern Europe; transgression; upper Pleistocene; Western Europe; Wurm
Abstract This paper describes the world Flandrian sea transgression during the Holocene as a consequence of the post Wurmian ice melting. The Flandrian level never reached more than 3 meters high, but in Costa Rica this level is found at 10 meters under a positive neotectonic influence.
Publication Type journal article
Record ID 64002149