Trails of depressions and sediment waves along submarine channels on the continental margin of Espirito Santo Basin, Brazil

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 698-711

  Heiniö, Päivi ^a,c   Davies, Richard J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brazil; Channels; Continental margin sedimentation; Depressions; Espirito Santo Basin; Sediment waves; Sub marine features

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CHANNELS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN SEDIMENTATION; DEPRESSIONS; ESPIRITO SANTO BASIN; SEDIMENT WAVES; SUB-MARINE FEATURES;

SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA SET; DEPOSITION; EROSION; MASS TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69949175998     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26190.1     Document Type: Article

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