Late Pleistocene-Holocene high-resolution sequence analysis on the Alboran Sea continental shelf

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 117, Issue , 1996, Pages 139-154

  Hernandez Molina F J ^a   Somoza, L ^b   Rey, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; HOLOCENE; LATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ALBORAN SEA;

EID: 0030429802     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.117.01.08     Document Type: Article

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