Buried fluvial incisions as a record of Middle-Late Miocene eustasy fall on the Armorican Shelf (Bay of Biscay, France)

Marine Geology

Volumn 268, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 137-151

  Paquet, Fabien ^a,e   Menier, David ^a   Estournès, Guilhem ^a   Bourillet, Jean François ^b   Leroy, Pascal ^c   Guillocheau, François ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Armorican Shelf; eustasy; incised valleys; Miocene; passive margin

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; EROSION; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ARMORICAN SHELF; EUSTASY; INCISED VALLEY; MIOCENE; PASSIVE MARGIN;

SEA LEVEL;

EROSION; EUSTACY; INCISED VALLEY; MIOCENE; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC DATA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 72649087182     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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