Are coarse-grained sediment waves formed as downstream-migrating antidunes? Insight from an early Pleistocene submarine canyon on the Boso Peninsula, Japan

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Ito, Makoto ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coarse grained sediment wave; Downstream migrating antidune; Pleistocene; Submarine canyon; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CONGLOMERATE; DEEP WATER; DUNE; PLANAR BEDDING STRUCTURE; PLEISTOCENE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT WAVE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

BOSO PENINSULA; CHIBA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 77952955935     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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