Linked turbidite-debrite resulting from recent Sahara Slide headwall reactivation

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2021-2031

  Georgiopoulou, Aggeliki ^a   Wynn, Russell B ^a   Masson, Douglas G ^a   Frenz, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Linked debrite; Northwest Africa; Sahara Slide; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

CANARY ISLANDS; LINKED DEBRITE; NORTHWEST AFRICA; SAHARA SLIDE; TURBIDITE;

DEBRIS;

BEDLOAD; DEBRIS FLOW; DILUTION; ENTRAINMENT; LANDSLIDE; MATRIX; QUATERNARY; REACTIVATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SAHARA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70350152957     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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