The architecture and evolution of the Middle Bengal Fan in vicinity of the active channel-levee system imaged by high-resolution seismic data

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 637-656

  Schwenk, T ^a   Spiess V ^a   Breitzke, M ^a,c   Hubscher C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bengal Fan; Channel levee system; High resolution seismic data

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; HIGH AMPLITUDE REFLECTION PACKETS (HARPS); HIGH RESOLUTION SESIMIC DATA;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; MARINE ENGINEERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY;

LEVEES;

FAN DELTA; SEISMIC SURVEY;

BENGAL FAN; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 22644442389     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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