High-resolution architecture of late Holocene highstand prodeltaic deposits from southern Spain: The imprint of high-frequency climatic and relative sea-level changes

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11-13, 2003, Pages 1037-1054

  Fernandez Salas L M ^a   Lobo, F J ^b   Hernandez Molina F J ^c   Somoza, L ^d   Rodero, J ^e   Diaz Del Rio V ^a   Maldonado, A ^e  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Alboran sea; Climatic changes; Geographic bounding coordinates: Guadalquivir area: (36 15 N, 7 15 W) (36 50 N,5 35 W); Gulf of C diz; Holocene; Sea level changes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

(SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; SPAIN;

EID: 2342607830     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00120-1     Document Type: Article

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