Mid to late Holocene constraints for continental shelf mud deposition in association with river input: The Guadiana Mud Patch (SW Iberia)

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-121

  Rosa, Francisca ^a   Dias, J A ^a   Mendes, I ^a   Ferreira, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RACEMIZATIONS; BED LOAD; CLIMATE TRENDS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS; HOLOCENES; IBERIAN PENINSULA; INFILLING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MID TO LATE HOLOCENE; MUD BELT; RIVER BASINS; RIVER INPUT; SEDIMENTARY BODIES; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED MATERIAL; SW IBERIA;

AMINO ACIDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONCRETE PLACING; HUMIDITY CONTROL; QUARTZ; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRAVEL; HOLOCENE; MUD; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GUADIANA RIVER; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 79954416615     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-010-0219-6     Document Type: Article

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