Signature of hydrodynamic activity caused by rapid sea level changes in pelagic organic-rich sediments, Tarfaya basin (southern Morocco)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 329, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 397-404

  El Albani, Abderrazzak ^a   Vachard, Daniel ^b   Kuhnt, Wolfgang ^a   Chellai, Hassan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Université des Sciences   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Morocco; Pelagic sediments; Sea level; Storm

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

MOROCCO; TARFAYA BASIN;

EID: 0033618958     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)80063-4     Document Type: Article

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