Eustatic and tectonic controls on Quaternary Ras Leona marine terraces (Strait of Gibraltar, northern Morocco)

Quaternary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-288

  El Kadiri, Khalil ^a   de Galdeano, Carlos Sanz ^b   Pedrera, Antonio ^c   Chalouan, Ahmed ^d   Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús ^b,e   Julià, Ramón ^f   Akil, Mustafa ^d   Hlila, Rachid ^a   Ahmamou, Mfedal ^d  

^a ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active coasts; Eustasy; Marine terraces; Passive coasts; Strait of Gibraltar; Travertines

Indexed keywords

LIME; LIMESTONE;

ATLANTIC COASTS; EUSTASY; MARINE TERRACES; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; TECTONIC CONTROL; TECTONIC EVENTS; TECTONIC UPLIFT; TRAVERTINES;

TECTONICS;

EUSTACY; PASSIVE MARGIN; QUATERNARY; SUBDUCTION; SUBMARINE TERRACE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRAVERTINE; UPLIFT;

MOROCCO; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 77956192384     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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