The role of neo-tectonics in the sedimentary infilling and geomorphological evolution of the Guadalquivir estuary (Gulf of Cadiz, SW Spain) during the Holocene

Geomorphology

Volumn 219, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-140

  Rodríguez Ramírez, Antonio ^a   Flores Hurtado, Enrique ^b   Contreras, Carmen ^a   Villarías Robles, Juan J R ^c   Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo ^d   Pérez Asensio, José Noel ^e   López Sáez, José Antonio ^f   Celestino Pérez, Sebastián ^g   Cerrillo Cuenca, Enrique ^g   León, Ángel ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales   (Spain)

^g Institute de Arqueología Mérida   (Spain)

^h Fundación del Hogar del Empleado   (Spain)

Author keywords

Estuarine facies; Guadalquivir estuary; Holocene; Neotectonics; Sedimentary infilling; South west Spain

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; INFILL; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NEOTECTONICS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANDALUCIA; GUADALQUIVIR ESTUARY; SPAIN;

EID: 84901459712     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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