Late Quaternary deep-sea sedimentation in the western Black Sea: New insights from recent coring and seismic data in the deep basin

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 232-247

  Lericolais, G ^a   Bourget, J ^b   Popescu, I ^c   Jermannaud, P ^d   Mulder, T ^e   Jorry, S ^a   Panin, N ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO ECOLOGY GEOECOMAR   (Romania)

^d BEICIP FRANLAB   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

active margin; Black Sea; Danube turbidite system; deep sea fan; sediment gravity flow; sedimentation forcing; source to sink; thick mud turbidites; Turkish margin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGINS; BLACK SEA; DEEP SEA FAN; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SOURCE TO SINKS; THICK MUD TURBIDITES; TURBIDITE SYSTEMS; TURKISHS;

SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES;

SEDIMENTATION;

ACTIVE MARGIN; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRAVITY FLOW; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TURBIDITE;

BLACK SEA; DANUBE BASIN; TURKEY;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 84878215387     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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