Some considerations on the initiation of the present SE Ebro river drainage system: Post- or pre-Messinian?;Algunas reflexiones sobre el inicio del sistema de drenaje actual del se del río Ebro: ¿posto pre-Messiniense?

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-85

  Arche, A ^a   Evans, G ^b,c   Clavell, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Castell n group; Ebro basin; Paleorelief; River piracy

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; LAKE LEVEL; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; RELIEF; RIVER BASIN;

EBRO BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 77949552422     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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