Constructional canyons built by sheet-like turbidity currents: Observations from offshore Brunei Darussalam

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 24-39

  Straub, Kyle M ^a,c   Mohrig, David ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EROSION; HINGES; MAPPING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; SUBMARINES; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DEPOSIT THICKNESS; MINIMUM THICKNESS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTATION PATTERN; SEISMIC REFLECTORS; SUB-SURFACE MAPPING;

SEDIMENTATION;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITION; EROSION; MAPPING; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ASIA; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 60249094740     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.006     Document Type: Article

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