Seismic stratigraphy of the Gulf of Cadiz continental shelf: A model for Late Quaternary very high-resolution sequence stratigraphy and response to sea-level fall

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 172, Issue , 2000, Pages 329-362

  Hernandez Molina F J ^a   Somoza, L ^b   Lobo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0343798555     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.172.01.15     Document Type: Article

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