Did the last sea level lowstand always lead to cross-shelf valley formation and source-to-sink sediment flux?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Törnqvist, Torbjörn E ^a   Wortman, Santina R ^b   Mateo, Zenon Richard P ^b   Milne, Glenn A ^c   Swenson, John B ^d  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF BREAK; SHORELINE CHANGE; VALLEY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34147153534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000425     Document Type: Article

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