U/Th dating of Quaternary travertines at the middle River Llobregat (NE Iberian Peninsula, Northwestern Mediterranean). Correlation with sea-level changes

Geologica Acta

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-117

  Luque, J A ^a   Julia R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Holocene; Pleistocene; River dynamics; Sea level changes; Travertine; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DATING METHOD; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; TRAVERTINE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33947362009     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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