Submarine slope degradation and aggradation and the stratigraphic evolution of channel-levee systems

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 625-628

  Hodgson, D M ^a   Di Celma, C N ^a,b   Brunt, R L ^a   Flint, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SYSTEMS; EQUILIBRIUM PROFILES; EROSION SURFACES; LATERAL MIGRATION; LEVEE SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; STACKING PATTERNS; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE SLOPES; VERTICAL STACKING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEGRADATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES;

LEVEES;

AGGRADATION; CHANNEL; EROSION; LAND DEGRADATION; LEVEE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; STACKING; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE SLOPE;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79955724027     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-177     Document Type: Article

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