Multicyclic sediment transfer along and across convergent plate boundaries (Barbados, Lesser Antilles)

Basin Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 696-713

  Limonta, Mara ^a   Garzanti, Eduardo ^a   Resentini, Alberto ^a   Andò, Sergio ^a   Boni, Maria ^b   Bechstädt, Thilo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c GeoResources STC   (Germany)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DECOLLEMENT; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PLATE BOUNDARY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TURBIDITE;

BARBADOS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84946478362     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12095     Document Type: Article

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