Onshore-offshore correlation of the Llobregat deltaic system, Spain: Development of deltaic geometries under different relative sea-level and growth fault influences

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 217, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 65-84

  Gamez D ^a,b   Simo J A ^a,b   Lobo, F J ^c   Barnolas, A ^d   Carrera, J ^a,e   Vazquez Sune E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barcelona continental shelf; Forced regression; Growth fault; Llobregat delta; Onshore offshore correlation; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GROWTH FAULT; HIGHSTAND; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SUBSIDENCE; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLOBREGAT DELTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349244368     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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