Cliff overstep model and variability in the geometry of transgressive erosional surfaces in high-gradient shelves: The case of the Ionian Calabrian margin (southern Italy)

Marine Geology

Volumn 281, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 43-58

  Zecchin, Massimo ^a   Ceramicola, Silvia ^a   Gordini, Emiliano ^a   Deponte, Michele ^a   Critelli, Salvatore ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CHIRP subbottom profiles; Cliff overstep; Ionian Calabrian continental shelf; Post LGM transgression; Wave ravinement surface

Indexed keywords

CHIRP SUBBOTTOM PROFILES; CLIFF OVERSTEP; COASTAL CLIFF; DEPTH RANGE; HIGH RATE; IONIAN CALABRIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE QUATERNARY; POST-LGM TRANSGRESSION; RAVINEMENT; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEABED TOPOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT WEDGE; SEISMIC CHARACTER; SOUTHERN ITALY; STEEP SLOPE; WATER DEPTH; WATER PULSE; WAVE ACTIONS;

ACCIDENTS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; GEOMETRY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

LANDFORMS;

CLIFF; EROSION RATE; GEOMETRY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR; SUBSIDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION; UPLIFT; WATER DEPTH;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 79952819225     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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