Basic types of submarine slope curvature

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 814-828

  Adams, Erwin W ^a   Schlager, Wolfgang ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; LIQUEFACTION; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; EXPONENTIAL TRENDS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; RANDOM COLLECTIONS; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; TRANSPORT CAPACITY;

CURVE FITTING;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOMETRY; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SUBMARINE SLOPE;

EID: 0033835147     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/2DC4093A-0E47-11D7-8643000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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