Glacimarine slope sedimentation, contourite drifts and bottom current pathways on the Barra Fan, UK North Atlantic margin

Marine Geology

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 129-146

  Knutz, P C ^a   Jones, E J W ^b   Austin, W E N ^c   Van Weering, T C E ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contourites; Debris flows; Glacimarine sediments; Northeast Atlantic; Rockall Trough; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

SEAFLOOR SIGNATURES;

DEBRIS; GLACIERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTOURITE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE FAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037102543     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00278-5     Document Type: Article

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