Late quaternary turbidite emplacement on the Horseshoe abyssal plain (Iberian margin)

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 856-870

  Lebreiro, Susana M ^a,b   McCave, I Nicholas ^a   Weaver, Philip P E ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRADING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINERALS; SEA LEVEL; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS; LATE QUATERNARY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MATERIAL FEEDING; PARTIAL REFLECTION; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ABYSSAL PLAINS; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITES;

ATLANTIC, IBERIAN MARGIN, HORSESHOE ABYSSAL PLAIN;

EID: 0031460187     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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