Sedimentary architecture of a low-accumulation shelf since the Late Pleistocene (NW Iberia)

Marine Geology

Volumn 259, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 47-58

  Lantzsch, Hendrik ^a   Hanebuth, Till J J ^a   Bender, Vera B ^a   Krastel, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Late Quaternary; mud belt; sea level change; siliciclastic shelves; stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LATE QUATERNARY; MUD BELT; SEA-LEVEL CHANGE; SILICICLASTIC SHELVES;

BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; GRAVEL; OCEAN ENGINEERING; REFLECTION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEAWATER;

COASTAL EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; EROSION; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; TERTIARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN SHELF;

EID: 62149103366     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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