Morphology of San Antonio submarine canyon on the central Chile forearc

Marine Geology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 197-205

  Hagen, Rick A ^a   Vergara, Hernán ^b   Naar, David F ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MULTIBEAM SURVEY; SUBMARINE CANYONS;

PACIFIC, SAN ANTONIO CANYON;

EID: 0029731531     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)83345-7     Document Type: Article

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