Timing of the late Quaternary Amazon Fan Complex mass-transport deposits

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 131, Issue , 1998, Pages 129-150

  Maslin, Mark ^a   Mikkelsen, Naja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MASS TRANSPORT; QUATERNARY; SUBMARINE FAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 0032317361     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.131.01.10     Document Type: Article

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