Amazon submarine fan drilling: A big step forward for deep-sea fan models

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-24

  Hiscott, Richard N ^a   Pirmez, Carlos ^b   Flood, Roger D ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; DEEP SEA FAN; DEEP-SEA FANS; FACIES; FACIES DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC, AMAZON FAN;

EID: 0031437311     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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