Late Quaternary sedimentation on the outer Indus shelf and slope (Pakistan): Evidence from high-resolution seismic data and coring

Marine Geology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 193-196

  Von Rad, Ulrich ^a   Tahir, Muhammad ^b  

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

^b National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Bathymetric map; Continental slope; High resolution methods; Holocene; Outer shelf; Pakistan; Pleistocene; Seismic stratigraphy; Submarine canyor

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGINS; MARINE SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA;

ARABIAN SEA; INDUS FAN;

EID: 0030921927     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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