The Impact of Humans on Strata Formation Along Mediterranean Margins

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Camino Liquete | GRC Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Miquel Canals | GRC Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Pedro Arnau | GRC Geociencies Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Roger Urgeles | GRC Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Xavier Durrieu de Madron | CEFREM, Université de Perpignan-CNRS, Perpignan, France

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The Mediterranean and Black Seas are micro-tidal and less than 3 x 106 km2 and 500 km2 in area, respectively. The latter is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the narrow Bosphorus-Dardanelles Strait. Both seas have an important continental influence because they are semi-enclosed basins with relatively large riverine sediment inputs. The most important fluvial systems flowing into the Mediterranean and Black Seas are the Ebro, Rhône, Po, Danube, and Nile Rivers (Figure 1). They represent the largest sediment contribution to Mediterranean margins.

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Liquete, C., M. Canals, P. Arnau, R. Urgeles, and X. Durrieu de Madron. 2004. The impact of humans on strata formation along Mediterranean margins. Oceanography 17(4):70–79, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.05.

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