Age models for pelagites and turbidites from the Cap Timiris Canyon off Mauritania

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-352

  Wien, Katharina ^a   Holz, Christine ^a   Kölling, Martin ^a   Schulz, Horst D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sea level; Submarine canyons; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

AGE-DEPTH CORRELATION; PELAGITE; SEA-LEVEL; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CORE ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAP TIMIRIS CANYON; MAURITANIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33646776787     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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