Marine geology of the Quaternary Bass Canyon system, southeast Australia: A cool-water carbonate system

Marine Geology

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 71-96

  Mitchell, J K ^a   Holdgate, G R ^a   Wallace, M W ^a   Gallagher, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cool water carbonate; density current; headward erosion; magnetic susceptibility; oxygen isotope; sediment gravity flow; sedimentation rate; sequence stratigraphy; submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

COOL-WATER CARBONATE; DENSITY CURRENT; HEADWARD EROSION; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBMARINE CANYON;

ACOUSTICS; BACKSCATTERING; COOLING; ISOTOPES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PHASE SEQUENCE INDICATORS; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SLOPE STABILITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CALCARENITE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COASTAL EROSION; COOL WATER; DEBRIS FLOW; DENSITY CURRENT; GRAVITY FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MASS WASTING; MUDFLOW; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK; SUBMARINE CANYON; TRIBUTARY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARIZONA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BASS CANYON; BASS STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846207575     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.037     Document Type: Article

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