Recognition of contour-current influence in mixed contourite-turbidite sequences of the western Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 465-485

  Michels, Klaus H ^a   Rogenhagen, Johannes ^a   Kuhn, Gerhard ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Channel levees; Contourite turbidite interaction; Contourites; Drifts; Multichannel seismic data; Parasound; Turbidites; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOPHYSICS;

CENOZOIC; CHANNEL; CONTINENTAL RISE; CONTOURITE; LEVEE; SEISMIC DATA; TURBIDITE;

(WEST); WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0036048264     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016303817273     Document Type: Article

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