Seismostratigraphic analysis of the Transkei Basin: A history of deep sea current controlled sedimentation

Marine Geology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 99-111

  Schlüter, Philip ^a   Uenzelmann Neben, Gabriele ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agulhas Drift; Contourite Drifts; deep sea currents; palaeoceanography; seismostratigraphy; Transkei Basin

Indexed keywords

AGULHAS DRIFT; CONTOURITE DRIFTS; DEEP SEA CURRENTS; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOSTRATIGRAPHY; TRANSKEI BASIN;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; DEEP SEA; DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCURRENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

AFRICA; AGULHAS PLATEAU; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; EASTERN CAPE; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA CANAL ZONE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSKEI;

EID: 34247872939     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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