Holocene highstand deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz, SW Iberian Peninsula: A high-resolution record of hierarchical environmental changes

Marine Geology

Volumn 219, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 109-131

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Environmental changes; Gulf of Cadiz; High frequency sea level changes; Highstand systems tract; Holocene; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; GULF OF CADIZ; HIGH-FREQUENCY SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; HOLOCENE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23744454321     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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