Upper Quaternary deposits on the Sao Tomé deep-sea channel levee system (South Brazilian Basin): Major turbidite versus contourite processes

Marine Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 159-180

  Gonthier, E ^a   Faugeres J C ^a   Viana, A ^b   Figueiredo, A ^c   Anschutz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Basin; Channel levee system; Contourite; Echo facies; Turbidite; Upper Quaternary

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT WAVES;

DEBRIS; SAND; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

SEA LEVEL;

CONTOURITE; DEEP WATER; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL BASIN; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE;

EID: 1642297552     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00128-2     Document Type: Article

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