Variability of the transgressive stacking pattern under environmental changes control: Example from the Post-Glacial deposits of the Gulf of Lions inner-shelf, Mediterranean, France

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1138-1152

  Labaune, Caroline ^a,b   Tesson, Michel ^a,b   Gensous, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b GD Argo   (France)

Author keywords

Controlling factors; France; Gulf of Lions; Inner shelf; Post Glacial; Seismic reflection; Stratigraphy; Transgressive

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GLACIOEUSTACY; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; POSTGLACIAL; SEISMIC DATA; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43049173709     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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