Causes of catastrophic sediment failures of the Amazon Fan

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 20-21, 2005, Pages 2180-2193

  Maslin, Mark ^a   Vilela, Claudia ^b   Mikkelsen, Naja ^c   Grootes, Pieter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITS; GAS HYDRATES; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

MASS-TRANSPORT DEPOSITS (MTD); METHANE HYDRATE; ORGANIC MATTER;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MASS TRANSPORT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE FAN;

AMAZON FAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

BRIZALINA; CASSIDULINIDAE; FORAMINIFERA; PSEUDONONION; QUINQUELOCULINA; QUINQUELOCULINA LAMARCKIANA;

EID: 24944519278     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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