Recent marine lithofacies in Cadiz Bay (SW Spain). Sequences, processes and control factors

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 220, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 31-47

  Gutierrez Mas J M ^a   Lopez Arroyo J ^b   Morales, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cadiz Bay; Depositional sequences; Holocene sediments; Lithofacies; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EURASIAN PLATE; HOLOCENE; LITHOFACIES; MARINE SEDIMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STORM SURGE; TIDAL CURRENT; TSUNAMI;

ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; CADIZ BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 84860990903     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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