Quantitative study of a Magdalena submarine channel (Caribbean Sea): Implications for sedimentary dynamics

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 623-635

  Estrada, Ferran ^a   Ercilla, Gemmaw ^a   Alonso, Belen ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Magdalena fan; Sedimentary dynamics; Submarine channel quantification; Turbidity flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW BEHAVIOR; INFLECTION POINT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; EROSION; LEVEES; TURBIDITY;

TECTONICS;

SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 22644436028     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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