Quaternary slope development of the western, leeward margin of the Great Bahama Bank

Marine Geology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 143-164

  Rendle, R H ^a   Reijmer, J J G ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accretionary; Bahamas; Carbonate slope development; Erosional; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

PROGRADATION;

CARBONATES; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

ACCRETION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; EROSION; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037096451     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00294-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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