A new conceptual model for the deposition process of homogenite: Application to a cretaceous megaturbidite of the western Pyrenees (Basque region, SW France)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 222, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 263-273

  Mulder, Thierry ^a   Zaragosi, S ^a   Razin, P ^a   Grelaud, C ^a   Lanfumey, V ^a   Bavoil, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Basque flysch; Cretaceous; Deep sea environment; Homogenite; Megaturbidite; Seiche effect

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; DEEP SEA; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLYSCH; GRAIN SIZE; LAMINATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STANDING WAVE; TURBIDITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PYRENEES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449521065     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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