Mineralogical assemblages, geochemistry and fossil associations of Pleistocene-Holocene complex siliciclastic deposits from the Southwestern Doñana National Park (SW Spain): A palaeoenvironmental approach

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Pozo, Manuel ^a   Ruiz, Francisco ^b   Carretero, María Isabel ^c   Vidal, Joaquín Rodríguez ^b   Cáceres, Luís Miguel ^b   Abad, Manuel ^b   González Regalado, María Luz ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Estuarine environment; Geochemistry; Quaternary; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; DOLOMITE; FLOODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; TSUNAMIS; WATER; WETLANDS;

CLAY MINERALOGY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; FRESH WATER; HOLOCENES; INFILLING; NATIONAL PARKS; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SILICICLASTICS; SW SPAIN;

LAKES;

BIVALVE; FLANDRIAN; FOSSIL; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MINERALOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 80051787661     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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