Lobe construction and sand/mud segregation by turbidity currents and debris flows on the western Nile deep-sea fan (Eastern Mediterranean)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 124-143

  Migeon, S ^a   Ducassou, E ^b   Le Gonidec, Y ^c   Rouillard, P ^a   Mascle, J ^a   Revel Rolland, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Debrites; Lobes; Nile deep sea fan; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC DATA; DATA SETS; DEBRIS FLOWS; DEBRITES; DEEP SEA FAN; DOWNSLOPE; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EVAPORITES; GRAVITY FLOWS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; LATE QUATERNARY; LEVEE SYSTEM; LOBES; MATRIX; MESSINIAN; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT CORE; TIME AND SPACE; TURBIDITES; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY;

BACKSCATTERING;

DEBRIS FLOW; FACIES; GRAVITY FLOW; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

GORGONACEA;

EID: 77954814424     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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