Sequence stratigraphy, seismic profiles, and cores of Pleistocene deposits on the Rhône continental shelf

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 183-190

  Gensous, Bernard ^a   Tesson, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHOREFACE DEPOSIT; SUBSIDENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, RHONE SHELF;

EID: 0029832632     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00135-2     Document Type: Article

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