Downfan transformation from turbidity currents to debris flows at a channel-to-lobe transitional zone: The lower Pleistocene Otadai Formation, Boso Peninsula, Japan

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 668-682

  Ito, Makoto ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; EROSION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY; TURBULENCE;

CLAY MINERAL COMPOSITIONS; GRAINED SEDIMENTS; INTENSITY OF TURBULENCES; LOWER PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; TRANSITION ZONES; TURBIDITE DEPOSITS; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CHANNEL FLOW; DEBRIS FLOW; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SUBMARINE FAN; SUBSTRATE; TRANSITION ZONE; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENCE;

ASIA; BOSO PENINSULA; CHIBA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 51949092347     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2008.076     Document Type: Article

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