Channel-mouth lobe complex of the recent Amazon Fan: The missing piece

Marine Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 62-77

  Jegou, I ^a,b   Savoye, B ^a   Pirmez, C ^c   Droz, L ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

3.5 kHz sub bottom profiler; Amazon Fan; backscatter; channel; channel mouth lobe complex; channel mouth lobe system; EM12D bathymetry; levee; lower fan

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; BACKSCATTERING; BATHYMETRY; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINES;

BACKSCATTERS; CHANNEL-MOUTH LOBE COMPLEX; CHANNEL-MOUTH LOBE SYSTEMS; LOWER FANS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC IMAGERY; BATHYMETRY; CHANNEL; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LEVEE; SEA LEVEL; SHELF BREAK; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE FAN; TOPOGRAPHY;

AMAZON FAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 44649187871     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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