1. Geomorphology of the seafloor north east of the Maltese Islands, Central Mediterranean.
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Prampolini, Mariacristina, Coratza, Paola, Rossi, Sofia, Parenti, Carlotta, Galea, Charles, Caruana, Albert, and Soldati, Mauro
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COASTS ,LAST Glacial Maximum ,GEOMORPHOLOGICAL mapping ,ISLANDS ,LANDFORMS ,GLACIAL landforms ,GEOMORPHOLOGY - Abstract
This paper presents a geomorphological map of the seafloor north east of the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean) at a scale of 1:50,000. The map was compiled following the integration, analysis and interpretation of several high-resolution seafloor bathymetry datasets. Several structural features, coastal and marine landforms and anthropogenic features have been mapped. Most of the mapped submerged landforms - including fluvial, gravity-induced and karst landforms - appear to have been formed during the sea-level lowstand of the last glacial cycle. The map provides valuable insights on the submerged landscape of the Maltese Islands and its evolution since the Last Glacial Maximum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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