Rapid development of gravelly high-density turbidity currents in marine Gilbert-type fan deltas, Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 331-349

  Falk, Peter D ^a,b   Dorsey, Rebecca J ^a,c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Softrock Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GILBERT TYPE DELTA; GRAVEL; PLIOCENE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

MEXICO;

EID: 0031846428     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.0153e.x     Document Type: Article

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