Fine-scale relief related to late holocene channel shifting within the floor of the upper Redondo Fan, offshore Southern California

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1690-1704

  Normark, William R ^a   Paull, Charles K ^b   Caress, David W ^b   Ussler III, William ^b   Sliter, Ray ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow stripping; Scours; Submarine canyons; Submarine fans; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; BEDFORM; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SCOUR; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO BASIN [(BSN) CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350090655     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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