Submarine fan environment inferred from turbidite thickness distributions

Sedimentology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1331-1351

  Carlson, J ^a   Grotzinger, J P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed thickness; Debris flow; Log normal; Power law; Scaling; Submarine fan; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; POWER LAW; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

ARKANSAS; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; DEATH VALLEY; GASPE PENINSULA; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035674652     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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