Interaction of tectonic and depositional processes that control the evolution of the Iberian Gulf of Cadiz margin

Marine Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 217-242

  Maldonado, Andrés ^a   Nelson, C Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central North Atlantic margin; Iberian margin; Late Cenozoic depositional processes; Margin growth patterns

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033557252     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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