A stratigraphic framework for the Pliocene-Pleistocene continental sediments of the Guadix Basin (Betic Cordillera, S. Spain)

Quaternary International

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-32

  Pla Pueyo, S ^a   Viseras, C ^a   Soria, J M ^b   Tent Manclús, José E ^b   Arribas, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; INFILL; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PETROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GUADIX BASIN; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 81255142090     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.01.028     Document Type: Article

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