Mass-transport complexes (MTCs) and tectonic control on basin-floor submarine fans, middle Eocene, South Spanish Pyrenees

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 761-783

  Pickering, Kevin T ^a   Corregidor, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Iberia SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEPOSITS; EROSION; FERTILIZERS; MAPPING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL EVENT; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; HYPERPYCNAL FLOWS; LARGE SCALE BASINS; LATERAL CONFINEMENT; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; UNCONSOLIDATED SANDS;

SUBMARINES;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; SUBMARINE FAN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; WORLD;

EID: 28244481848     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.062     Document Type: Article

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