Stepped coastal terraces on the Gorringe Bank summit, SW Iberian margin: Record of glacial and interglacial highstands in a diffuse transpressional plate margin

Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 381-382

  Ferranti, Luigi ^a   Passaro, Salvatore ^b   De Alteriis, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c EOLAB Srl Marine Survey   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gorringe bank; Marine terraces; Multibeam swath bathymetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851516853     PISSN: 20358008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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