Shoreface migrations at the shelf edge and sea-level changes around the Last Glacial Maximum (Gulf of Lions, NW Mediterranean)

Marine Geology

Volumn 234, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 21-42

  Jouet, G ^a,b   Berne S ^a   Rabineau, M ^b   Bassetti, M A ^a   Bernier, P ^c   Dennielou, B ^a   Sierro, F J ^d   Flores, J A ^d   Taviani, M ^e  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heinrich events; high resolution sedimentary record; Last Glacial Maximum; relative sea level; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

HEINRICH EVENTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SEDIMENTARY RECORD; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BEACHROCK; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; SHELF BREAK; SHELF SEDIMENT; TERRACE;

EID: 33751548213     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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