Late highstand patterns of shifting and stepping coastal barriers and washover-fans (late Messinian, Sorbas Basin, SE Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 27-56

  Roep, Th B ^a   Dabrio, C J ^b   Fortuin, A R ^a   Polo, M D ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beach barriers; Messinian; Sea level fluctuations; Sequence stratigraphy; Washover fan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002499588     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00111-5     Document Type: Article

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