The Magdalena Turbidite System (Caribbean Sea): Present-day morphology and architecture model

Marine Geology

Volumn 185, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 303-318

  Ercilla, Gemma ^a   Alonso, Belén ^a   Estrada, Ferran ^a   Chiocci, Francesco L ^b   Baraza, Jesús ^a   Farran, Marcel Li ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic facies; Architecture; Leveed channel; Magdalena Turbidite System; Mass flow deposits; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CANYONS; COASTAL EROSION;

BACKSCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

BATHYMETRY;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEVEE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TURBIDITE;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0037198961     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00182-2     Document Type: Article

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