Inferring the mass fraction of floc-deposited mud: Application to fine-grained turbidites

Sedimentology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 927-944

  Curran, K J ^a   Hill, P S ^a   Schell, T M ^a   Milligan, T G ^b   Piper, D J W ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottom sediment; Floc; Flocculation; Grain size analysis; Laurentian Fan; Sohm Abyssal Plain; South eastern Canada; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOCCULATION; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; TURBIDITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 4544372176     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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