Sandy modern turbidite lobes: A new insight from high resolution seismic data

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-502

  Gervais, Anne ^a   Savoye, Bruno ^b   Mulder, Thierry ^a   Gonthier, Eliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Confinement; East Corsica margin; Internal three dimensional geometry; Sandy modern turbidite lobe

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONFINEMENT; DEPOSITIONAL STRUCTURES; INTERNAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; ONLAND OUTCROPS; SANDY MODERN TURBIDITE LOBE;

SEDIMENTS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; TURBIDITE;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745197323     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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