Shallow erosion beneath turbidity currents and its impact on the architectural development of turbidite sheet systems

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 936-959

  Eggenhuisen, Joris T ^a,c   Mccaffrey, William D ^a   Haughton, Peter D W ^b   Butler, Robert W H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autocyclicity; Compensation; Scouring; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

AUTOCYCLICITY; COMPENSATION; COMPENSATION EFFECTS; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; LATERAL GRADIENT; MACIGNO FORMATIONS; OLIGOCENE; SCOURING; SEA FLOOR; SECTION THICKNESS; SINGLE EVENT; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; STUDY AREAS; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

DEPOSITS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

EROSION;

AGGRADATION; CYCLICITY; DEPOSITION; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; SANDSTONE; SCOUR; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ITALY;

EID: 79955982544     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01190.x     Document Type: Article

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