High-resolution seismic stratigraphy of a narrow, bedrock-controlled estuary: The Guadiana estuarine system, SW Iberia

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 973-986

  Lobo, F J ^a   Dias, J M A ^a   Gonzalez R ^a   Hernandez Molina F J ^b   Morales, J A ^c   Diaz del Rio V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; INFILL DRILLING; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAXIMUM FLOODING SURFACES; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION; STRATIGRAPHIC SURFACES; TRANSGRESSIVE DEPOSITS;

ESTUARIES;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842843664     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/032303730973     Document Type: Article

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