Late-Holocene evolution of a coastal lagoon in the Gulf of Lions (South of France)

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-36

  Sabatier, Pierre ^a,b   Dezileau, Laurent ^b   Barbier, Mickaël ^b   Raynal, Olivier ^b   Lofi, Johanna ^b   Briqueu, Louis ^b   Condomines, Michel ^b   Bouchette, Frédéric ^b   Certain, Raphaël ^c   Van Grafenstein, Ulrich ^d   Jorda, Christophe ^e   Blanchemanche, Philippe ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon; Gulf of lions; Mediterranean sea; Paleoenvironments; Sediment filling

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL WETLAND; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSGRESSION;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77949289151     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.181.1.27     Document Type: Article

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