History and evolution of the North-Betic Strait (Prebetic Zone, Betic Cordillera): A narrow, early Tortonian, tidal-dominated, Atlantic-Mediterranean marine passage

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 216, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 80-90

  Martín, José M ^a   Braga, Juan C ^a   Aguirre, Julio ^a   Puga Bernabéu, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; Large scale cross bedding; Miocene; North Betic Strait; Prebetic

Indexed keywords

BIOCLASTIC SEDIMENT; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CONGLOMERATE; CROSS-BEDDING; DUNE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAN DELTA; FORMATION MECHANISM; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TORTONIAN; TROUGH;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349174256     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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