Fossil contourites: A critical review

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 3-31

  Stow, Dorrik A V ^a   Faugères, Jean Claude ^b   Viana, Adriano ^c   Gonthier, Eliane ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contourites; Drifts; DSDP ODP

Indexed keywords

CONTOURITE; MARINE SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITE;

EID: 0031867078     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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