Potential role of event-driven sediment transport on sediment accumulation in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela

Marine Geology

Volumn 307-310, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-110

  Lorenzoni, Laura ^a   Benitez Nelson, Claudia R ^b   Thunell, Robert C ^b   Hollander, David ^a   Varela, Ramón ^c   Astor, Yrene ^c   Audemard, Franck A ^d   Muller Karger, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

^d Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cariaco Basin; Continental organic carbon; Episodic event; Manzanares Submarine Canyon; Sediment density flow; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIO; CARIACO BASIN; CONTINENTAL ORIGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEP OCEAN; DEEP WATER; DERIVED CARBONS; EPISODIC EVENTS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT DENSITIES; SEDIMENT FLUX; SINGLE EVENT; SUBMARINE CANYON; VENEZUELA;

CARBON; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; EARTHQUAKES; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARBON; DEEP WATER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EPISODIC EVENT; GEOACCUMULATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 84861460067     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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