The Orinoco turbidite system: Tectonic controls on sea-floor morphology and sedimentation

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 869-887

  Callec, Yannick ^a,b   Deville, Eric ^a   Desaubliaux, Guy ^a   Griboulard, Roger ^c   Huyghe, Pascale ^d   Mascle, Alain ^a   Mascle, Georges ^e   Noble, Mark ^f   De Carillo, Crelia Padron ^g   Schmitz, Julien ^g  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c GAZ DE FRANCE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^f CENTRE DE GÉOSCIENCES   (France)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EMBANKMENTS; EROSION; LEVEES; MORPHOLOGY; PRISMS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEFORMATION FRONT; EROSIONAL PROCESS; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TECTONIC CONTROL; TURBIDITE SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITE SYSTEMS;

SEDIMENTATION;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; EROSION; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEVEE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TURBIDITY; WATER DEPTH;

ORINOCO RIVER;

EID: 79951527787     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/11020909021     Document Type: Article

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