Sediment transport and turbidite architecture in the submarine Dakar Canyon off Senegal, NW-Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-208

  Pierau, Roberto ^a   Henrich, Rüdiger ^a   Preiß Daimler, Inga ^a   Krastel, Sebastian ^b   Geersen, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

NW Africa; Sea level; Sedimentation processes; Submarine Dakar Canyon; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GRAIN SIZE; INTERGLACIAL; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITE; WIND STRESS;

DAKAR [SENEGAL]; SENEGAL;

EID: 79953732499     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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