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Two sorted bedforms fields located at the western Sardinian margin are described. Bedforms are developed at the edge of prograding sedimentary wedges related to the last sea-level rise and in a small basin of the inner shelf, surrounded by rocky outcrops. The mechanisms of formation and evolution are discussed in relation with sea-level oscillations, hydrodynamic forcing and complex seabed morphology.
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This study was funded by the RITMARE Flagship Project funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, and MAGIC project (Marine Geo-Hazard along the Italian coast) funded by the Italian Civil Protection Department.
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De Falco, G. et al. (2017). Sorted Bedforms Along the Continental Shelf of Western Sardinia. In: Guillén, J., Acosta, J., Chiocci, F., Palanques, A. (eds) Atlas of Bedforms in the Western Mediterranean. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33940-5_23
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