Lateral accretion in a deep-marine channel complex: Implications for channellized flow processes in turbidity currents

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1411-1432

  Dykstra, Mason ^a,b   Kneller, Ben ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep marine; Helical flow; Lateral accretion; Meandering; Point bar; Sinuous

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CANYON; CHANNEL FLOW; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MEANDER; PALEOCURRENT; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; THALWEG; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67651115559     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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