Evidence for carbonate platform failure during rapid sea-level rise; ca 14 000 year old bioclastic flow deposits in the Lesser Antilles

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 735-759

  Trofimovs, Jessica ^a   Fisher, Jodie K ^b   Macdonald, Heather A ^a   Talling, PETER J ^a,f   Sparks, R Stephen J ^a   Hart, Malcolm B ^b   Smart, Christopher W ^b   Boudon, Georges ^c   Deplus, Christine ^c   Komorowski, Jean Christophe ^c   Le Friant, Anne ^c   Moreton, Steven G ^d   Leng, Melanie J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigua; Debris flow; Geohazard; Landslide; Micropalaeontology; Montserrat; Radiocarbon dating; Redonda; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

BIOCLASTIC SEDIMENT; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; MASS TRANSPORT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ANTIGUA; ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 77952030293     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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