Growth patterns of a proximal terrigenous margin offshore the Guadalfeo River, northern Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean Sea): Glacio-eustatic control and disturbing tectonic factors

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-216

  Lobo, F J ^a   Maldonado, A ^a   Hernandez Molina F J ^b   Fernandez Salas L M ^c   Ercilla, G ^d   Alonso, B ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Pliocene; Proximal margin evolution; Quaternary; Seismic stratigraphy; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

ALBORAN SEA; PLIOCENE; PROXIMAL MARGIN EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GLACIOEUSTACY; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 52749090419     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-008-9058-5     Document Type: Article

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