The youngest channel-levee system of the Bengal Fan: Results from digital sediment echosounder data

Marine Geology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 125-145

  Hübscher, Christian ^a   Spieß, Volkhard ^a   Breitzke, Monika ^a   Weber, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Bengal Fan; Channel; Holocene; Levee; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; CHANNEL-LEVEE SYSTEM; DEEP SEA FAN; DEEP-SEA FANS; FAN EVOLUTION; LEVEE; LEVEES; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC SURVEYS; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

BAY OF BENGAL, BENGAL FAN;

EID: 0342711241     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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