Recent sedimentary processes along the Makran trench (Makran active margin, off Pakistan)

Marine Geology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 17-31

  Mouchot, Nicolas ^a   Loncke, Lies ^b   Mahieux, Geoffroy ^c   Bourget, Julien ^d   Lallemant, Siegfried ^a   Ellouz Zimmermann, Nadine ^e   Leturmy, Pascale ^a  

^a Université de Cergy Pontoise   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

echo character mapping; erosional pools; Makran margin; morphostructure; scours; sediment dispersal pattern; sediment waves

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MAPPING; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRISMS; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY;

EROSIONAL POOLS; MAKRAN MARGIN; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; SEDIMENT WAVES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; DEPOSITION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; MASS TRANSPORT; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; SEDIMENT WAVE; TURBIDITY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; MAKRAN; MURRAY RIDGE; PAKISTAN;

EID: 77949568048     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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