Variability in form and growth of sediment waves on turbidite channel levees

Marine Geology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 23-58

  Normark, William R ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Posamentier, Henry ^c   Pirmez, Carlos ^d   Migeon, Sébastien ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Anadarko Canada Corporation   (Canada)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Depositional processes; Lithology; Planform; Sediment wave; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINE FAN SYSTEMS;

CORE SAMPLES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LEVEES; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SAND; WAVES;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LEVEE; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENT WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 0037115752     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00548-0     Document Type: Article

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