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Late Pleistocene marine coastal deposits of Formentera Island and S’Espalmador islet (Balearic archipelago, western Mediterranean): climatic and geomorphological evolution

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This work was supported by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Project < PID2020-112720 GB-I00/AEI/https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 > .

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  1. Earth Sciences Research Group, University of the Balearic Islands, Ctra. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain

    L. del Valle & J. J. Fornós

  2. Geography Department, University of the Balearic Islands, Ctra. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain

    G. X. Pons

  3. Societat d’Història Natural de les Illes Balears, C/Margarita Xirgu, 16, baixos, 07011, Palma, Spain

    D. Vicens

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LdV conceived and designed the research, collected the data, performed the analysis, and wrote the paper. GXP and DV classified the fossil marine fauna and corrected the text. JJF obtained the financial support, contributed data, and revised the text.

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del Valle, L., Pons, G.X., Fornós, J.J. et al. Late Pleistocene marine coastal deposits of Formentera Island and S’Espalmador islet (Balearic archipelago, western Mediterranean): climatic and geomorphological evolution. Geo-Mar Lett 43, 13 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-023-00754-1

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