Axial incision: The key to understand submarine canyon evolution (in the western Gulf of Lion)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 805-826

  Baztan, J ^a   Berne S ^b   Olivet, J L ^b   Rabineau, M ^a   Aslanian, D ^b   Gaudin, M ^b,c   Rehault J P ^a   Canals, M ^d  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axial incision; Gulf of Lion; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

AXIAL INCLUSION; GULF OF LION; SUBMARINE CANYON;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GLACIAL EROSION; SUBMARINE CANYON;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 24044507301     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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