Late Quaternary megaturbidites of the Indus Fan: Origin and stratigraphic significance

Marine Geology

Volumn 336, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-23

  Bourget, J ^a   Zaragosi, S ^b   Rodriguez, M ^c,d   Fournier, M ^c   Garlan, T ^e   Chamot Rooke, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^e SHOM   (France)

Author keywords

Indus Fan; Megaturbidite; Pull apart basin; Quaternary; Sea level; Stratigraphy; Turbidite system

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CONFINED BASINS; FRACTURE ZONE; INCISED VALLEY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE QUATERNARY; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS; MEGATURBIDITE; OROGENIC BELTS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; POINT SOURCES; PULL-APART BASIN; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; SOURCE AREA; SOURCE TO SINKS; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TURBIDITE SYSTEMS;

DEPOSITS; LEVEES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AGE DETERMINATION; OROGENIC BELT; PULL APART BASIN; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TURBIDITE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUS FAN;

EID: 84871769657     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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