Hummocky cross-stratification-like structures in deep-sea turbidites: Upper Cretaceous Basque basins (Western Pyrenees, France)

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 997-1015

  Mulder, Thierry ^a   Razin, Philippe ^b   Faugeres, Jean Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Antidunes; Basque Flysch; Deep sea environment; Hummocky cross stratification; Kelvin Helmholtz instability; Turbidites; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; TURBIDITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 65649111699     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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