Neogene sedimentary and mass-wasting processes on the continental margin off south-central Chile inferred from dredge samples

Marine Geology

Volumn 244, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 166-183

  Raitzsch, Markus ^a   Völker, David ^a   Heubeck, Christoph ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

continental slope; dredge sample; mass wasting; sediment reworking; south central Chile; submarine sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DREDGE SAMPLE; MASS WASTING; SEDIMENT REWORKING; SOUTH-CENTRAL CHILE; SUBMARINE SEDIMENTATION;

EROSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE MARGIN; BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEBRIS FLOW; DENUDATION; EROSION; LITHIFICATION; MASS WASTING; NEOGENE; PROVENANCE; REWORKING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBDUCTION; SUBMARINE CANYON; TRENCH; TRIPLE JUNCTION; TURBIDITY; UNDERPLATING;

ANDES; CHILE TRIPLE JUNCTION; CHILEAN MARGIN; JUAN FERNANDEZ RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548475992     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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