Trail of sand in upper Monterey Canyon: Offshore California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1134-1145

  Paull, Charles K ^a   Mitts, Patrick ^a   Ussler III, William ^a   Keaten, Rendy ^a   Greene, H Gary ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep sea fan; Gravity flow; Sediment transport; Submarine canyon; Submarine channel

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED DEPOSITS; DEEP-SEA FAN; GRAVITY FLOW; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

BATHYMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE CANYON;

MONTEREY FAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 24644443291     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25390.1     Document Type: Article

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