Interrelated continental sedimentary environments in the central Iberian Range (Spain): Facies characterization and main palaeoenvironmental changes during the Holocene

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 87-103

  Luzon M A ^a   Perez A ^a   Borrego, A G ^b   Mayayo, M J ^a   Soria, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluvial tufas; Holocene; Iberian Range; Lake; Spain; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; FLUVIAL TUFAS; HOLOCENES; IBERIAN RANGE; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MACROPHYTES; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SPAIN; WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; CALCARENITE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CLIMATE VARIATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FACIES; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; MACROPHYTE; MARL; ONCOLITE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TUFA; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

IBERIAN CORDILLERA; SPAIN;

EID: 79961015321     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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