OSL dating of the Aterian levels at Dar es-Soltan I (Rabat, Morocco) and implications for the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens

RNE Barton, A Bouzouggar, SN Collcutt… - Quaternary Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Aterian is a distinctive Middle Palaeolithic industry which is very widely spread across
North Africa. Its dating and significance have been debated for nearly a century. Renewed …

Holocene sea-level database from the Atlantic coast of Europe

A García-Artola, P Stéphan, A Cearreta… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
High-quality relative sea-level (RSL) data reveal spatial and temporal variations in crustal
movements during the Holocene, which are used for many applications, ranging from …

Microtextural characteristics of quartz grains transported and deposited by tsunamis and storms

PJM Costa, C Andrade, AG Dawson, WC Mahaney… - Sedimentary …, 2012 - Elsevier
The complex transport and depositional processes associated with tsunamis and storms and
the peculiarities of local inundation present questions associated with the recognition and …

A tsunami record in the sedimentary archive of the central Algarve coast, Portugal: characterizing sediment, reconstructing sources and inundation paths

PJM Costa, C Andrade, MC Freitas… - The …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This study describes sedimentation associated with the tsunami generated by the Lisbon
earthquake of ad 1755. It is argued here that the tsunami deposited a sand sheet across the …

Firing tests on clay-rich raw materials from the Algarve basin (southern Portugal): study of mineral transformations with temperature

MJ Trindade, MI Dias, J Coroado, F Rocha - Clays and clay minerals, 2010 - cambridge.org
In cases where the provenance of raw materials used in the manufacture of local
archeological ceramics is of interest, a detailed study of thermal transformations of minerals …

The AD 1755 tsunami deposits onshore and offshore of Algarve (south Portugal): sediment transport interpretations based on the study of Foraminifera assemblages

M Quintela, PJM Costa, F Fatela, T Drago… - Quaternary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tsunamis are amongst the most catastrophic natural hazards affecting worldwide coastal
areas. Their impacts are recorded in the geological archives and its study provides crucial …

Field observations and modelling of Holocene sea-level changes in the southern Bay of Biscay: implication for understanding current rates of relative sea-level …

E Leorri, A Cearreta, G Milne - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The absence of basal peat in the stratigraphic sequences of the southern Bay of Biscay has
long precluded the development of Holocene sea-level curves. We have approached this …

High resolution geochemical and grain-size analysis of the AD 1755 tsunami deposit: Insights into the inland extent and inundation phases

S Moreira, PJM Costa, C Andrade, CP Lira, MC Freitas… - Marine Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
In the study of palaeotsunamis it is crucial to decipher the sedimentological record, to derive
intensity of past events and to infer different inundation phases. To achieve this goal, it is …

Extension and inversion structures in the Tethys–Atlantic linkage zone, Algarve Basin, Portugal

A Ramos, O Fernández, P Terrinha… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Algarve Basin is a Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary basin overlying Carboniferous
basement, located in the southwestern margin of the Iberian Peninsula. Its structure reveals …

Aeolization on the Atlantic coast of Galicia (NW Spain) from the end of the last glacial period to the present day: Chronology, origin and evolution of coastal dunes …

C Arce Chamorro, JR Vidal Romaní… - Earth Surface …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Atlantic coast of Galicia (NW Spain) is a high‐energy environment where
shingle beaches are currently developing. These coarser sediments alternate with sandy …