Sedimentary patterns in perched spring travertines near Granada (Spain) as indicators of the paleohydrological and paleoclimatological evolution of a karst massif

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 217-228

  Martín Algarra, Agustín ^a,b   Martín Martín, Manuel ^a   Andreo, Bartolomé ^c   Julià, Ramón ^d   González Gómez, Cecilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continental reefs; Mediterranean karst; Travertine

Indexed keywords

KARST; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; QUATERNARY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REEF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRAVERTINE;

BETIC CORDILLERA; GRANADA BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 0141796562     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(03)00115-5     Document Type: Article

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