Holocene morphogenesis along a tectonically unstable coastline in the Western Mediterranean (SE Spain)

Various neotectonic faults were deduced in Puerto de Mazarrón (Murcia), together with a series of eustatic and climatic phases dating from at least 13,600 years ago. These were responsible for intense sedimentary morphodynamics that had significant environmental repercussions in this area during the Middle Holocene. These phases were identified in a former estuary and two coastal lagoons. This multidisciplinary study, involving geologists, geomorphologists, archaeologists and palynologists, integrated a variety of methods including borehole drilling, interpretation of old aerial photograms, drawing of geological and geomorphological maps, sediment analysis, malacology, palynology, 14C dating, and analysis of stable isotopes in water samples.