Shelf to slope sedimentation processes and the impact of Plio-Pleistocene glaciations in the northeast Atlantic, west of Ireland

Marine Geology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 21-44

  O'Reilly, B M ^a   Shannon, P M ^b   Readman, P W ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

bottom currents; debris flows; Pleistocene; Rockall Trough; slope stability; submarine canyons; turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

BOTTOM CURRENTS; DEBRIS FLOWS; PLEISTOCENE; ROCKALL TROUGH; SUBMARINE CANYONS; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BOTTOM CURRENT; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE CANYON; TROUGH; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; PORCUPINE BANK; ROCKALL TROUGH; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847222091     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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