Sediment mass-flow processes on a depositional lobe, outer Mississippi fan

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 916-927

  Schwab, William C ^a   Lee, Homa J ^b   Twichell, David C ^a   Locat, Jacques ^c   Nelson, C Hans ^b   McARTHUR, William G ^b   Kenyon, Neil H ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL LOBE; MASS FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITES;

GULF OF MEXICO, MISSISSIPPI FAN;

EID: 0030502632     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D426843C-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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