Turbidite deposition on the glacially influenced, canyon-dominated Southwest Grand Banks Slope, Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1387-1408

  Armitage, Dominic A ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Mcgee, David T ^c   Morris, William R ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

Canyons; Glacially influenced margin; Line source; Slope; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

CANYONS; GLACIALLY INFLUENCED MARGIN; LINE SOURCE; SLOPE; TURBIDITES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEGRADATION; FALLOUT; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

AGGRADATION; CANYON; DATA SET; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVITY FLOW; ICE MARGIN; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE; SLUMPING; THALWEG; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GRAND BANKS; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 77954656446     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01149.x     Document Type: Article

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