Evidence of high-energy events in shelly layers interbedded in coastal Holocene sands in Cadiz Bay (south-west Spain)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 810-823

  Gutierrez Mas J M ^a   Juan, C ^a   Morales, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b Huelva University   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cadiz Bay; Holocene sediments; Relict littoral deposits; Tsunamites

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; CADIZ BAY; COASTAL AREA; DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; DYNAMIC EVENTS; HIGH-ENERGY EVENTS; HISTORICAL DATA; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENES; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; LITTORAL SANDS; RELICT LITTORAL DEPOSITS; SANDY DEPOSITS; SEA BED; SEA LEVEL CONDITION; TIDAL CHANNEL; TSUNAMI WAVES; TSUNAMITES; WAVE ACTIONS;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; TIDAL POWER; TSUNAMIS;

DEPOSITS;

AFRICAN PLATE; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDAL CHANNEL; TSUNAMI;

ANDALUCIA; ARIZONA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; CADIZ BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249152169     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1770     Document Type: Article

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