Frequency and sources of basin floor turbidites in alfonso basin, Gulf of California, Mexico: Products of slope failures

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 91-105

  Gonzalez Yajimovich, Oscar E ^a   Gorsline, Donn S ^b   Douglas, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of California Basins; Holocene basin sedimentation; Seismic triggers of submarine slides; Slope failures; Turbidite frequency

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HOLOCENE; RIFTING; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE FAILURE; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34249752224     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.09.025     Document Type: Article

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