The physical character of subaqueous sedimentary density flow and their deposits

Sedimentology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 269-299

  Mulder, Thierry ^a   Alexander, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Sedimentary density currents; Turbidites; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DENSITY CURRENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 0035031436     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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