Turbidite and contourite sediment waves in the northern Rockall Trough, north Atlantic Ocean

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 219-234

  Howe, John A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CHRONOLOGY; CONTOURITE; DEEP WATER DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION FEATURES; MARINE DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT DRIFTS; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITES; WAVE FIELD;

ATLANTIC, ROCKALL TROUGH;

EID: 0029731803     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1996.d01-1.x     Document Type: Article

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