Geometry and significance of stacked gullies on the northern California slope

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 271-286

  Field, M E ^a   Gardner, J V ^a   Prior, D B ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersive sedimentation; Gullies; Pockmarks; Sea level; Slope sedimentation; Slope sequences

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GULLY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033514407     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00118-2     Document Type: Article

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