Bengal Fan sediment transport activity and response to climate forcing inferred from sediment physical properties

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 361-381

  Weber, M E ^a   Wiedicke Hombach, M ^b   Kudrass, H R ^b   Erlenkeuser, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c CAU Kiel   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bengal Fan; Climate; Density; Sediment physical properties

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; DENSITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0037301043     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00187-2     Document Type: Article

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