Late Quaternary shelf-margin wedges and upper slope progradation in the Gulf of Cadiz margin (SW Iberian Peninsula)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 244, Issue , 2005, Pages 7-25

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGRADATION; QUATERNARY; SUBMARINE SLOPE;

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

EID: 23844468860     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.244.01.02     Document Type: Article

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