Morphologies of knickpoints in submarine canyons

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 589-605

  Mitchell, Neil C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretionary prisms; Stream bed erosion; Submarine canyon morphology; Tectonically active continental slopes

Indexed keywords

FLOW ACCELERATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT FLUX; SUBMARINE CANYON; THRESHOLD STRESS;

ACCELERATION; DIFFUSION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MORPHOLOGY; STREAM BED; SUBMARINE CANYON; TECTONICS; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 33646843104     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25772.1     Document Type: Article

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