Highstand fans in the California borderland: The overlooked deep-water depositional systems

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 783-786

  Covault, Jacob A ^a   Normark, William R ^b   Romans, Brian W ^a   Graham, Stephan A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California borderland; Sedimentation rates; Sequence stratigraphy; Shelf width; Submarine fans

Indexed keywords

CANYON-CHANNEL SYSTEMS; HIGHSTAND FANS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE FANS;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHIC SUBMARINES;

DEEP WATER; DEPOSITION; HIGHSTAND; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF SEDIMENT; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548752908     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23800A.1     Document Type: Article

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