Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of Late Pleistocene-Holocene morphosedimentary record in the Valsalada saline wetlands (Central Ebro Basin, NE Spain)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 742-751

  Sancho, C ^a   Munoz A ^a   Gonzalez Samperiz P ^b   Cinta Osacar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central Ebro Basin; Environmental change; Lacustrine fluvial alluvial records; Saline wetlands; Upper Pleistocene Holocene

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; KARSTIFICATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; WETLAND;

EBRO BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 79955734611     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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