A submarine channel confluence classification for topographically confined slopes

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-189

  Gamboa, Davide ^a   Alves, Tiago M ^a   Cartwright, Joe ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel clusters; Channel confluence; Channel density; Esp rito Santo Basin; Salt diapirs; Southeast Brazil; Submarine channel

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CLUSTERS; CHANNEL CONFLUENCE; CHANNEL DENSITY; SOUTHEAST BRAZIL; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

SALT TECTONICS; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

GEOMETRY;

DIAPIR; HOLOCENE; MIOCENE; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SEISMIC DATA; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO BASIN;

EID: 84861704307     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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