Continental shelf architecture and sea-level cycles: Late Quaternary high-resolution stratigraphy of the Gulf of Cádiz, Spain

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-139

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

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c S A Estud Geologicos Marinos   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; LATE QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC, GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 0031451143     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050018     Document Type: Article

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