'Linked' debrites in sand-rich turbidite systems - Origin and significance

Sedimentology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 459-482

  Haughton, Peter D W ^a   Barker, Simon P ^a   McCaffrey, William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debrite; Flow transformation; Sand rich fan; Sediment gravity flows; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; GRAVITY FLOW; JURASSIC; MUDSTONE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

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EID: 0038164731     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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