Dimensions and architecture of late Pleistocene submarine lobes off the northern margin of East Corsica

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 869-898

  Deptuck, Mark E ^a   Piper, David J W ^a   Savoye, Bruno ^b   Gervais, Anne ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Architecture; Compensation stacking; Dimensions; Pleistocene; Submarine lobes; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVITY FLOW; PLEISTOCENE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 47649083109     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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