Sea-level and tectonic control of middle to late Pleistocene turbidite systems in Santa Monica Basin, offshore California

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 867-897

  Normark, William R ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Sliter, Ray ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canyon; Chronology; Quaternary; Sea level; Submarine fan; Tectonics; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TECTONICS; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CLARA RIVER; SANTA MONICA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745959555     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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