Bottom-current-controlled sand deposits - A review of modern shallow- to deep-water environments

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 53-80

  Viana, A R ^a,b   Faugeres J C ^b   Stow, D A V ^c  

^a Petrol Bras SA Petrob/D   (Brazil)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom currents; Contourites; Outer shelf; Slope

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTOURITE; OUTER SHELF;

EID: 0031865736     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00087-0     Document Type: Article

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