Sea-level rise and anthropogenic activities recorded in the late Pleistocene/Holocene sedimentary infill of the Guadiana Estuary (SW Iberia)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 121-141

  Delgado, J ^a   Boski, T ^b   Nieto, J M ^a   Pereira, L ^b   Moura, D ^b   Gomes, A ^b   Sousa, C ^b   Garcia Tenorio R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geochemical record; Guadiana Estuary; Holocene; Iberian Pyrite Belt; Late Pleistocene; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; LATE PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL RISE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BOREHOLES; CHROMIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

COPPER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALUMINUM; BOREHOLE; BRONZE AGE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COBALT; COPPER; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FORAMINIFERA; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFILL; LEAD; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MINING; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; ROMAN ERA; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TRANSGRESSION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GUADIANA ESTUARY; IBERIAN MARGIN; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84856212904     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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