The Barra Fan: A bottom-current reworked, glacially-fed submarine fan system

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-238

  Armishaw, Julie E ^a   Holmes, Richard W ^b   Stow, Dorrik A V ^c  

^a Robertson Research International   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; SUBMARINE FAN SYSTEM;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY; VELOCITY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTOURITE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; QUATERNARY; SUBMARINE FAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034144538     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(99)00049-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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