The Catalan margin during the Messinian Salinity Crisis: Physiography, morphology and sedimentary record

Marine Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 158-174

  García, Marga ^a   Maillard, Agnès ^b   Aslanian, Daniel ^a   Rabineau, Marina ^c   Alonso, Belén ^d   Gorini, Christian ^e,f   Estrada, Ferran ^d  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

Catalan Margin; Drainage systems; Messinian Salinity Crisis; Sea level; Valencia Basin

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

CATALANS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORKS; VALENCIA;

CATCHMENTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATABASE; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EROSION; EVAPORITE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MESSINIAN; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 79957632334     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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