Sub-decadal turbidite frequency during the early Holocene: Eel Fan, offshore northern California

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 855-858

  Paull, Charles K ^a   McGann, Mary ^b   Sumner, Esther J ^a   Barnes, Philip M ^c   Lundsten, Eve M ^a   Anderson, Krystle ^a   Gwiazda, Roberto ^a   Edwards, Brian ^b   Caress, David W ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; EARLY HOLOCENE;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; EMPLACEMENT; HOLOCENE; OUTCROP; SCOUR; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

CALIFORNIA; EEL RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907284263     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35768.1     Document Type: Article

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