Quaternary stratal architecture of the Barcelona prodeltaic continental shelf (NW Mediterranean)

Marine Geology

Volumn 250, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 234-250

  Liquete, C ^a   Canals, M ^a   De Mol, B ^a   De Batist, M ^b   Trincardi, F ^c  

^a P i Geociències Marines ^*  (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barcelona continental shelf; high resolution seismic profiles; Mediterranean margin; Mediterranean Sea; prodelta; Quaternary; sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BARCELONA CONTINENTAL SHELF; HIGH-RESOLUTION SEISMIC PROFILES; MEDITERRANEAN MARGIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRODELTA; QUATERNARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

CANYON; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; HOLOCENE; LITHOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHY; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 41949123523     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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