High-resolution sediment echosounding off Peru: Late Quaternary depositional sequences and sedimentary structures of a current-dominated shelf

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 335-351

  Reinhardt, L ^a   Kudrass, H R ^a   Wiedicke, M ^a   Wunderlich, J ^b   Wendt, G ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Depositional sequences; High resolution sediment echosounding; Mudwaves; Peru; South America

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CREEP; EROSION; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC PROFILES;

SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECHO SOUNDING; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHELF SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU SHELF;

EID: 0242458495     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025781631558     Document Type: Article

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