Turbidites around an active fault scarp on the Lower Valencia Fan, northwest Mediterranean

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-171

  Morris, S A ^a,e   Alexander, J ^b   Kenyon, N H ^c   Limonov, A F ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e Badley Ashton and Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032448067     PISSN: 02761157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050064     Document Type: Article

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