Miocene shelf-edge deltas and their impact on deepwater slope progradation and morphology, Northwest Shelf of Australia

Basin Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 683-698

  Sanchez, Carla M ^a,b   Fulthorpe, Craig S ^a   Steel, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Subsurface Group Inc Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA; GULLY EROSION; MIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF BREAK; SHELF SEDIMENT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE SLOPE;

AUSTRALIA; CARNARVON BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84867996939     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2012.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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