Interbedded Late Quaternary turbidites and contourites in Flemish Pass, off southeast Canada: Their recognition, origin and temporal variation

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 46-60

  Huppertz, Tammo J ^a   Piper, David J W ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contourites; Grain size maps; Heinrich events; Labrador Current; North Atlantic; Ocean circulation; Southeast Canadian continental margin; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTOURITE; DEPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE; HEINRICH EVENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PETROLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; FLEMISH PASS; LABRADOR CURRENT;

EID: 77953621390     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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