Constraining the origin and evolution of confined turbidite systems: Southern Cretan margin, Eastern Mediterranean Sea (34°30-36°N)

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-61

  Alves, Tiago M ^a,b   Lykousis, Vasilios ^a   Sakellariou, Dimitris ^a   Alexandri, Stamatina ^a   Nomikou, Paraskevi ^a  

^a Hellenic Centre of Marine Research   (Greece)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENT-CORE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC TROUGH; TURBIDITE SYSTEMS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

DENUDATION; DEPOCENTER; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TROUGH; TURBIDITE;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846989356     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-006-0051-1     Document Type: Article

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