Mediterranean shelf-edge muddy contourites: Examples from the Gela and South Adriatic basins

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 137-151

  Verdicchio, Giuseppe ^a   Trincardi, Fabio ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF WATER; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

BOTTOM-WATER FORMATION; SHELF-EDGE CONTOURITE DRIFT;

SEDIMENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONTOURITE; DEPOSITION; FORMATION MECHANISM; MASS TRANSPORT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW WATER; SHELF BREAK; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; CALTANISSETTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GELA; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 42549133716     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-007-0096-9     Document Type: Article

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