Submarine fans at all sea-level stands: Tectono-morphologic and climatic controls on terrigenous sediment delivery to the deep sea

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 939-942

  Covault, Jacob A ^a   Graham, Stephan A ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SYSTEMS; CLIMATIC CONTROLS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP SEA; DEEP SEA FAN; EARLY PREDICTION; FORCINGS; GLOBAL DATABASE; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; MORPHOLOGIC CHARACTERS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; SUBGLACIAL MELTWATER; SUBMARINE FANS; TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTS; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT;

FANS; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES; TIME MEASUREMENT;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP SEA; DEPOSITION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE FAN; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 77958106221     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31081.1     Document Type: Article

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