Turbidite deposition and the development of canyons through time on an intermittently glaciated continental margin: The Bonanza Canyon system, offshore eastern Canada

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-103

  Li, Gang ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Campbell, D Calvin ^b   Mosher, David ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D seismic survey; Bonanza Canyons; Muddy turbidity current; Piston cores; Sandy turbidity current

Indexed keywords

3-D SEISMIC SURVEY; BONANZA CANYONS; MUDDY TURBIDITIES; PISTON CORES; SANDY TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; FLOORS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBIDITY;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MASS TRANSPORT; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBMARINE CANYON; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GRAND BANKS; LABRADOR SEA; ORPHAN BASIN;

EID: 81155155617     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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