Sediment transfer and deposition in slope channels: Deciphering the record of enigmatic deep-sea processes from outcrop

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 857-871

  Hubbard, Stephen M ^a   Covault, Jacob A ^b   Fildani, Andrea ^c   Romans, Brian W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EROSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHANNEL FILLS; COARSE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EARTH SURFACE; SEDIMENT TRANSFERS; SEDIMENT-ROUTING; SEDIMENTARY BODIES; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS;

SEDIMENTS;

CONGLOMERATE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CRETACEOUS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; INFILL; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OUTCROP;

CHILE;

EID: 84900297383     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30996.1     Document Type: Article

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