Morphometric analysis and genetic implications of pro-deltaic sea-floor undulations in the northern Alboran Sea margin, western Mediterranean Basin

Marine Geology

Volumn 243, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 31-56

  Fernandez Salas L M ^a   Lobo, F J ^b   Sanz, J L ^c   Diaz del Rio V ^a   Garcia M C ^a   Moreno, I ^b  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; continental shelf; Holocene; pro deltaic systems; sea floor undulations; submarine geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ALBORAN SEA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; PRO-DELTAIC SYSTEMS; SEA-FLOOR UNDULATIONS; SUBMARINE GEOMORPHOLOGY;

DATA REDUCTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ARC-INFO; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CREEP; DEFORMATION; GIS; HOLOCENE; MORPHOMETRY; SEAFLOOR; WAVE DIRECTION;

ALBORAN SEA; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GUADALFEO RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34547867123     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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