The 100-ka and rapid sea level changes recorded by prograding shelf sand bodies in the Gulf of Lions (western Mediterranean Sea)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Bassetti, M A ^a,b   Berne S ^a,b   Jouet, G ^b   Taviani, M ^c   Dennielou, B ^b   Flores, J A ^d   Gaillot, A ^e   Gelfort, R ^f   Lafuerza, S ^g   Sultan, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

^f Institut fur Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsaufgaben   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Paleoclimate; Quaternary; Shoreface

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449093338     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001854     Document Type: Article

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