On the ignition of geostrophically rotating turbidity currents

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1049-1063

  Emms, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catastrophe; Deposition; Extinction; Geostrophy; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 0033491563     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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