Influence of sea level and basin physiography on emplacement of the late Pleistocene Herodotus Basin Megaturbidite, SE Mediterranean Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-218

  Reeder, Michael S ^a   Rothwell, R Guy ^b   Stow, Dorrik A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustically Transparent Layer; Herodotus Basin; Low sea level; Megaturbidite; Physiography; Radiocarbon dating; Slope failure

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICALLY TRANSPARENT LAYER; PHYSIOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE HERODOTUS BASIN MEGATURBIDITE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SLOPE FAILURE;

CARBONATE MINERALS; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PETROLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; SAND; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BASIN FILL; EMPLACEMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL; TURBIDITE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034143784     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(99)00048-3     Document Type: Article

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