Post-glacial persistence of turbiditic activity within the Rhône deep-sea turbidite system (Gulf of Lions, Western Mediterranean): Linking the outer shelf and the basin sedimentary records

Marine Geology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 65-86

  Dennielou, Bernard ^a   Jallet, Laurent ^b   Sultan, Nabil ^a   Jouet, Gwenael ^a,c   Giresse, Pierre ^b   Voisset, Michel ^a   Berné, Serge ^a,b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

canyons; Holocene; Late Pleistocene; outer shelf; sand; sea level; turbidites

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MINERALS; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CANYONS; HOLOCENES; LATE PLEISTOCENE; OUTER SHELF; TURBIDITES;

SEA LEVEL;

CANYON; EMPLACEMENT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMICITY; TURBIDITE;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 58649102055     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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