Solid sediment load history of the Zambezi Delta

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 49-63

  Walford, H L ^a   White, N J ^a   Sydow, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delta; Sediment load; Uplift; Zambezi

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT LOAD; SOLID SEDIMENT; UPLIFT;

BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CATCHMENT; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUSPENDED LOAD; UPLIFT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZAMBEZI RIVER;

EID: 26944457356     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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