Morphosedimentary and hydrographic features of the northern Argentine margin: The interplay between erosive, depositional and gravitational processes and its conceptual implications

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 157-174

  Preu, Benedict ^a   Hernández Molina, F Javier ^b   Violante, Roberto ^c   Piola, Alberto R ^c,d   Paterlini, C Marcelo ^c   Schwenk, Tilmann ^a   Voigt, Ines ^a   Krastel, Sebastian ^e,f   Spiess, Volkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil Malvinas Confluence; Contourite drift; Contourite terraces; Erosive surface; Water mass interfaces

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; BRAZIL-MALVINAS CONFLUENCE; CONTOURITE; CONTOURITE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS; CONTOURITE DRIFTS; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; WATER MASS;

DEPOSITION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; BATHYMETRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTOURITE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ECHO SOUNDER; EROSION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; INTERMEDIATE WATER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RESOLUTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THERMOCLINE; TIMESCALE; TURBULENCE; WATER DEPTH; WATER MASS;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; MAR DEL PLATA;

EID: 84875589102     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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