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Title: Sands in the Alboran Sea: A Model of Input in a Deep
Marine Basin Authors: Stanley, Daniel Jean Kelling, Gilbert
Vera, Juan-Antonio Sheng, Harrison Issue Date: 16-Jun-1975
Citation: Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences; 15
Abstract: The Alboran Sea, an almost totally land-enclosed,
mountain-bounded (Rif, Betic ranges) basin, lies east of
Gilbraltar in the westernmost Mediterranean. A petrologic study
of the sand fraction in river, river mouth, and beach samples
collected on the coast of the Alboran Sea defines the
composition and distribution of the principal light and heavy
mineral groups along its margins. The investigation details 20
mineralogical provinces on the southern Iberian and northern
Moroccan margins and the Strait of Gibraltar sector and
identifies the major source terrains and fluvial and marine
point sources of terrigenous sediment entering the basin.
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