Marine hyperpycnal flows: Initiation, behaviorand related deposits. A review

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 6-8, 2003, Pages 861-882

  Mulder, Thierry ^a   Syvitski, James P M ^b   Migeon, Sébastien ^c   Faugères, Jean Claude ^a   Savoye, Bruno ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Canyon; Climate; Floods; Hyperpycnal flows; River load; Turbidite deposit

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; ICE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

DRAINING;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

EXTREME EVENT; PYCNOCLINE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITE;

EID: 0347905996     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.01.003     Document Type: Article

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