Duration of deposition from decelerating high-density turbidity currents

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 71-88

  Baas, J H ^a   Van Dam, R L ^b   Storms, J E A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accumulation time; Current ripples; Numerical model; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; DEPOSITION; RIPPLE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TURBIDITE;

EID: 0033771198     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00088-9     Document Type: Article

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