Marsh development and sea level changes in the Gernika Estuary (southern Bay of Biscay): Foraminifers as tidal indicators

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 101-117

  Pascual, Ana ^a   Rodriguez Lazaro, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foraminifers; Gernika estuary; Holocene; Palaeoenvironmental evolution; Southern Bay of Biscay

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; MARSH; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERNIKA ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33746863770     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 02148358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70s1101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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