Contourites within a deep-water sequence stratigraphic framework

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 343-360

  Brackenridge, Rachel ^a   Stow, Dorrik A V ^a   Hernández Molina, F Javier ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; CDS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTOURITE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS; CONTOURITE DRIFTS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DEEPWATER; DOWNSLOPE; KEY CONTROL; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SEDIMENT INFLUX; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEAWATER;

BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTOURITE; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

EID: 82655162140     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-011-0256-9     Document Type: Article

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