Channel profiles through the active thrust front of the southern Barbados prism

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 429-432

  Huyghe, Pascale ^a   Foata, Michel ^a   Deville, Eric ^b   Mascle, Georges ^a   Cagna, R ^c   Callec, Y ^b   Desaubliaux, G ^b   Ellouz, N ^b   Griboulard, R ^d   Guerlais, S H ^e   Lallemant, S ^e   Lebrun, F ^f   Mascle, A ^b   Mugnier, J L ^g   Padron, C ^g   Prinzhofer, A ^b   Schmitz, J ^b   Wendenbaum, E ^g  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c Genavir Brest   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^g UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Channel slope; Southern Barbados prism; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE THRUST; BARBADOS PRISMS; ORINOCO RIVER; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENTS;

BATHYMETRY; CHANNEL FLOW; DATA ACQUISITION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SURVEYS; TECTONICS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC SETTING;

DELTA AMACURO; ORINOCO DELTA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84874966267     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20000.1     Document Type: Article

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