Trapping of sustained turbidity currents by intraslope minibasins

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-160

  Lamb, Michael P ^a,b   Toniolo, Horacio ^a,c   Parker, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Froude number; Intraslope; Minibasin; Ponding; Turbidite; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FROUDE NUMBER; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 33644863110     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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