Seismo-stratigraphic characters of paleocontourites along the Calabro-Tyrrhenian margin (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea)

Marine Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 141-149

  Amelio, M ^a   Martorelli, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

contourites; Pleistocene; seismic stratigraphy; Southern Tyrrhenian Sea; upper slope

Indexed keywords

(1 1 0) SURFACE; CONVEX SHAPES; CURRENT FLOWING; DOWNSLOPE; ELSEVIER (CO); EVOLUTION (CO); GENERAL (CO); INFILLING; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; PALEOCIRCULATION; PLEISTOCENE; SEA FLOORS; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SLIDE SCARS; SOUTHERN TYRRHENIAN SEA; STACKING PATTERNS; SUB-UNITS; VARIATIONS OF;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITS;

CONTOURITE; EROSION; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 45049085907     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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