A multiproxy approach of the Holocene evolution of shelf-slope circulation on the NW Iberian Continental Shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Martins, Virgínia ^a   Dubert, Jesús ^a   Jouanneau, Jean Marie ^b   Weber, Olivier ^b   da Silva, Eduardo Ferreira ^a   Patinha, Carla ^a   Alveirinho Dias, João M ^c   Rocha, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

benthic foraminifera; Late Holocene; NW Iberia; sedimentology; shelf slope circulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; KAOLINITE; MARINE BIOLOGY; REDOX REACTIONS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL OXYGEN INDEX (BFOI); LATE HOLOCENE; SHELF SLOPE CIRCULATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; IBERIAN SHELF; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33947310777     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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