The use of two- and three-dimensional seismic to understand sediment transfer from fluvial to deepwater via sinuous channels: Example from the Mahakam shelf and comparison with outcrop data (south central Pyrenees)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 277, Issue , 2007, Pages 85-103

  Crumeyrolle, P ^a   Renaud, J ^a   Suiter, J ^a  

^a TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CHANNEL; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 34247367119     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.277.01.05     Document Type: Article

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