Abyssal erosion and scarp retreat: Deep Tow observations of the Blake Escarpment and Blake Spur

Marine Geology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 63-83

  Land, Lewis A ^a   Paull, Charles K ^a   Spiess, Fred N ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abyssal plains; Bottom currents; Carbonate platforms; Cliffs; Continental margins; Erosion

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; EROSION; ESCARPMENT; LIMESTONE; MESOZOIC; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE CANYON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032768120     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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