Raised marine sequences of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura revisited - A reappraisal of relative sea-level changes and vertical movements in the eastern Canary Islands during the Quaternary

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 18-19, 2002, Pages 2019-2046

  Zazo, Cari ^a   Goy, José Luis ^b   Hillaire Marcel, Claude ^c   Gillot, Pierre Yves ^d   Soler, Vicente ^e   González, José Ángel ^b   Dabrio, Cristino J ^f   Ghaleb, Bassam ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^f Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; SEA LEVEL;

MARINE DEPOSITS;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

CENOZOIC; MAPPING; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CANARY ISLANDS;

NERITA; OSTREA; STROMBUS;

EID: 0036792142     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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