Character, paleoenvironment, rate of accumulation, and evidence for seismic triggering of Holocene turbidites, Canada Abyssal Plain, Arctic Ocean

Marine Geology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 51-73

  Grantz, Arthur ^a   Phillips, R L ^b   Mullen, M W ^b   Starratt, S W ^b   Jones, G A ^c   Naidu, A Sathy ^d   Finney, B P ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; HOLOCENE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC TRIGGERING; TURBIDITE;

ARCTIC OCEAN, CANADIAN ABYSSAL PLAIN;

EID: 0030176960     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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