On the origin of the Strait of Gibraltar

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 188-189, Issue , 2006, Pages 341-356

  Loget, Nicolas ^a   Van Den Driessche, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Fluvial erosion; Messinian sea level drop; Pliocene reflooding; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

MESSINIAN; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 33744779910     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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