Beds comprising debrite sandwiched within co-genetic turbidite: Origin and widespread occurrence in distal depositional environments

Sedimentology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 163-194

  Talling, P J ^a   Amy, L A ^a,b   Wynn, R B ^c   Peakall, J ^b   Robinson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Flow transformation; Marnoso Arenacea formation; Slurry bed; Turbidite; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ABERYSTWYTH; AFRICA; AGADIR [MOROCCO]; APENNINES; CEREDIGION; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1542429947     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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