Hyperpycnites deposited 700 km away from river mouths in the central Japan Sea

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 60-73

  Nakajima, Takeshi ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; DEPOSITION; EFFLUENTS; EMBANKMENTS; LEVEES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

HYPERPYCNAL FLOWS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RUNOUT DISTANCES; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

RIVERS;

DEPOSITION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TURBIDITE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 33644827155     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.13     Document Type: Article

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