Holocene environmental development of the Bilbao estuary, northern Spain: Sequence stratigraphy and foraminiferal interpretation

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 75-94

  Leorri, E ^a   Cearreta, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Benthic foraminifera; Estuarine depositional environments; Holocene marine transgression; Systems tracts

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

BASQUE COUNTRY; BILBAO ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 13644279702     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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