Submarine evidence of the successive shorefaces of the Holocene transgression off Southern Gabon and Congo

Auteurs :
GIRESSE, P.
MALOUNGUILA-N'GANGA, D.
BARUSSEAU, J. P.

Description :
At the beginning of the Holocene the inner parts of the Congo shelf were covered by clear and relatively warm waters. About 12,000 yr BP deposits show a high carbonate content. Sedimentation rates have decreased from 2-3 m to 0.07-0.3 m per 1000 years. A curve of relative sea levels changes is given.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of Coastal Research Fort Lauderdale, 1986, vol. p. vol., p. 61-71, Références bibliographiques : 15 réf.

Date :
1986