Geomorphological evidence for upslope canyon-forming processes on the northern KwaZulu-Natal shelf, SW Indian Ocean, South Africa

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 399-409

  Green, Andrew N ^a   Goff, John A ^b   Uken, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NEW JERSEY SLOPE-CANYON SYSTEMS; NORTHERN KWAZULU NATAL CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SLOPE CANYONS; SLOPE-GRADIENT PROFILE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE SLOPE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; NEW JERSEY MARGIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36248943601     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-007-0082-2     Document Type: Article

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