Interplay of turbidite and contourite deposition along the Cosmonaut Sea/Enderby Land margin, East Antarctica

Marine Geology

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 143-159

  Kuvaas, B ^a   Kristoffersen, Y ^a   Guseva, J ^b   Leitchenkov, G ^c   Gandjukhin, V ^b   Lovas O ^d   Sand, M ^d   Brekke, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b PMGRE ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

^d NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Contourites; Cosmonaut Sea; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENTS; CONTINENTAL RISES; DRIFT DEPOSITION; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTATION;

DEPOSITION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TURBIDITE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 18844456551     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.02.025     Document Type: Article

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