Sedimentology and depositional history of Holocene sandy contourites on the lower slope of the Faroe-Shetland Channel, northwest of the UK

Marine Geology

Volumn 268, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 85-96

  Masson, D G ^a   Plets, R M K ^a   Huvenne, V A I ^a   Wynn, R B ^a   Bett, B J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contourites; Faroe Shetland Channel; sedimentology

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BOTTOM WATER; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CONTOURITES; DEGLACIATIONS; DOWNSLOPE; FINE SAND; FLOATING ICE; GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENT; HOLOCENES; KEY PROCESS; MEAN-GRAIN SIZE; MUDDY SAND; SAND FRACTION; SAND GRAIN SIZE; SAND GRAINS; SAND SHEET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESS; SHORT CORE; SMALL PARTICLES; THERMOHALINE; THICKNESS MAP; THIN SHEET; TRANSPORT DIRECTION; WATER DEPTH;

AGGLOMERATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SAND;

BIOTURBATION; BOTTOM WATER; CONTOURITE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BANK CHANNEL;

EID: 72649093009     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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