Experiments on wedge-shaped deep sea sedimentary deposits in minibasins and/or on channel levees emplaced by turbidity currents. Part I. Documentation of the flow

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 593-607

  Sequeiros, Octavio E ^a,d   Spinewine, Benoit ^a,b,e   Garcia, Marcelo H ^a   Beaubouef, Rick T ^c,f   Sun, Tao ^c   Parker, Gary ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c EXXONMOBIL EXPLORATION COMPANY   (United States)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EMBANKMENTS; LEVEES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINES; TURBIDITY;

DECELERATING FLOW; FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL; GENERIC CONFIGURATION; PLASTIC PARTICLE; SEDIMENT DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEVEE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINE SOIL; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TURBIDITY;

EID: 69149103327     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.064     Document Type: Article

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