Active growth of the Bengal Fan during sea-level rise and highstand

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-318

  Weber, Michael E ^a   Wiedicke, Michael H ^a   Kudrass, Hermann R ^a   Hübscher, Christian ^b   Erlenkeuser, Helmut ^c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c CAU Kiel   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EMBANKMENTS; LEVEES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITY;

ACTIVE CHANNELS; CLIMATIC CYCLES; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC DATA; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS; MONSOON INTENSITY; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SHELF DEPOCENTER; TURBIDITY CURRENT; EARLY HOLOCENE;

SEA LEVEL;

HIGHSTAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE; YOUNGER DRYAS; DEEP-SEA FANS; FAN EVOLUTION; SEA LEVEL RISE;

BENGAL FAN; INDIAN OCEAN; BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0030913052     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0315:AGOTBF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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