Insights into flood-dominated fan-deltas: Very high-resolution seismic examples off the Amalfi cliffed coasts, eastern Tyrrhenian Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 322, Issue , 2009, Pages 33-71

  Sacchi, M ^a   Molisso, F ^a   Violante, C ^a   Esposito, E ^a   Insinga, D ^a   Lubritto, C ^b   Porfido, S ^a   Toth T ^c,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d Geomega Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; FAN DELTA; ROCKY SHORE; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEISMIC SURVEY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SORRENTO PENINSULA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

PLINIA;

EID: 74949106158     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP322.2     Document Type: Article

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