Origin of the turbidity currents recorded at the Var River mouth in 1971;Origine des courants de turbidité enregistrés à l'embouchure du Var en 1971

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 322, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 301-307

  Mulder, Thierry ^a   Savoye, Bruno ^a   Syvitski, James P M ^a   Cochonat, Pierre ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excess pore pressure; Flood; France; Sedimentation rate; Turbidity current; Var

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; PORE PRESSURE; RIVER MOUTH; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

FRANCE, COTE D'AZUR, VAR CANYON; FRANCE, VAR RIVER; FRANCE, VAR, VAR RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA, VAR RIVER MOUTH;

EID: 0029730449     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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