Giant submarine landslide grooves in the Neoproterozoic/Lower Cambrian Phe Formation, northwest Himalaya: Mechanisms of formation and palaeogeographic implications

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 126-141

  Draganits, E ^a   Schlaf, J ^b   Grasemann, B ^c   Argles, T ^d  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Exploration and Production ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depositional environment; Groove casts; India; Palaeogeographic reconstruction; Submarine landslides

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DENSITY CURRENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EROSION RATE; FORMATION MECHANISM; LITHOFACIES; MASS MOVEMENT; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RECONSTRUCTION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

SOLEIDAE;

EID: 43149110364     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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