Quaternary development of migrating sediment waves in the Var deep-sea fan: Distribution, growth pattern, and implication for levee evolution

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 265-293

  Migeon, S ^a,b   Savoye, B ^a   Faugeres, J C ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Levee growth; Overflow; Sediment waves; Turbidity currents; Var Sedimentary Ridge

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; LEVEE; MARINE SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE FAN;

LIGURIAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033942776     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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