Nannofossil age constraints for the northern KwaZulu-Natal shelf-edge wedge: Implications for continental margin dynamics, South Africa, SW Indian Ocean

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2442-2449

  Green, A N ^a   Ovechkina, M ^a,b   Uken, R ^a  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Nannofossils; Shelf edge wedge; Submarine canyons

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BEDLOAD; DEPOSITION; GLACIATION; MANTLE; NANOFOSSIL; OUTCROP; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STARVATION; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMERSIBLE;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; KWAZULU; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CALCIDISCUS MACINTYREI; DISCOASTER BROUWERI; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA;

EID: 51249095392     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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