Silled sub-basins to connected tortuous corridors: Sediment distribution systems on topographically complex sub-aqueous slopes

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 222, Issue , 2004, Pages 23-43

  Smith, Ru ^a  

^a Norske Shell   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; DEPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 2142821444     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.222.01.03     Document Type: Article

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