Sea level controls on the textural characteristics and depositional architecture of the Hueneme and associated submarine fan systems, Santa Monica Basin, California

Sedimentology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-70

  Normark, W R ^a   Piper, D J W ^b   Hiscott, R N ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBMARINE FAN;

PACIFIC; USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0031846008     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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