Provenance and pathways of late Quaternary turbidites in the deep-water Agadir Basin, northwest African margin

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 721-733

  Frenz, Michael ^a   Wynn, Russell B ^a   Georgiopoulou, Aggeliki ^b   Bender, Vera B ^c   Hough, Gayle ^a   Masson, Douglas G ^a   Talling, Peter J ^d   Cronin, Bryan T ^e  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Deep Marine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agadir Basin; Canary Islands; Morocco Shelf; Sediment provenance; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TURBIDITE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; AGADIR BASIN; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349236722     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-008-0313-4     Document Type: Article

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