High-resolution stratigraphy and turbidite processes in the Seine Abyssal Plain, northwest Africa

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-153

  Davies, T L ^a   Van Niel, B ^b   Kidd, R B ^c   Weaver, P P E ^b  

^a Rubislaw House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAINS; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITES;

ATLANTIC, SEINE ABYSSAL PLAIN;

EID: 0031436935     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050020     Document Type: Article

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