How and where do incised valleys form if sea level remains above the shelf edge?

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-90

  Talling, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; PRISMS; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FORELAND BASIN; INCISED VALLEY; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SHELF EDGES; STREAM POWER; SUBMARINE CANYON;

SEA LEVEL;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FORELAND BASIN; INCISED VALLEY; PASSIVE MARGIN; PREDICTION; SEA LEVEL; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK; SUBMARINE CANYON; FLUVIAL INCISION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 0031972181     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0087:HAWDIV>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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