Eocene turbidite-population statistics from shelf edge to basin floor, Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 903-918

  Clark, Bryn E ^a   Steel, Ron J ^b  

^a Department of Geological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EMBANKMENTS; FLOORS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LEVEES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT; BASE-LEVEL CYCLES; CHANNEL-LEVEE COMPLEX; COARSE GRAIN SIZE; LEVEE SYSTEM; PROGRADING WEDGE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; EOCENE; FACIES; SHELF BREAK; TURBIDITE;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33745603187     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.078     Document Type: Article

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