Genesis and character of thin-bedded turbidites associated with submarine channels
Submarine channel-related thin-bedded turbidites are deposited in environments such as
external levees, internal levees, depositional terraces and at times of channel abandonment …
external levees, internal levees, depositional terraces and at times of channel abandonment …
A new world-class deep-water play-type, deposited by the syndepositional interaction of turbidity flows and bottom currents: The giant Eocene Coral Field in northern …
The discovery of the super-giant Coral and Mamba gas fields in the offshore of Northern
Mozambique provides a unique insight into the architecture of a new deep-water play-type …
Mozambique provides a unique insight into the architecture of a new deep-water play-type …
Deep-water sediment bypass
CJ Stevenson, CAL Jackson… - Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Submarine gravity flows are a key process for transporting large volumes of sediment from
the continents to the deep sea. The location, volume, and character of the sediment …
the continents to the deep sea. The location, volume, and character of the sediment …
Architecture and stacking patterns of lower-slope and proximal basin-floor channelised submarine fans, Middle Eocene Ainsa System, Spanish Pyrenees: an …
KT Pickering, J Corregidor, JD Clark - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
An integrated outcrop and subsurface study of the Middle Eocene (Lutetian) Ainsa System,
Ainsa Basin, Spanish Pyrenees, was undertaken to characterise the proximal depositional …
Ainsa Basin, Spanish Pyrenees, was undertaken to characterise the proximal depositional …
The diversity of deep-water sinuous channel belts and slope valley-fill complexes
The study combines interpretation of 3D seismic imagery of submarine sinuous channel
belts in offshore West Africa with observations from a range of outcrop analogues. Five main …
belts in offshore West Africa with observations from a range of outcrop analogues. Five main …
Sedimentological criteria to differentiate submarine channel levee subenvironments: exhumed examples from the Rosario Fm.(Upper Cretaceous) of Baja California …
IA Kane, DM Hodgson - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
Two scales of levee confinement are commonly recognised from submarine channel-levee
systems on the seafloor and in the subsurface. Large-scale external levees bound the entire …
systems on the seafloor and in the subsurface. Large-scale external levees bound the entire …
Erosion at inception of deep-sea channels
We present a general model for channel inception and evolution in the deep sea by
integrating observations from two complementary datasets:(1) high-resolution multibeam …
integrating observations from two complementary datasets:(1) high-resolution multibeam …
Slope channel sedimentary processes and stratigraphic stacking, Cretaceous Tres Pasos Formation slope system, Chilean Patagonia
RV Macauley, SM Hubbard - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
The Cretaceous Tres Pasos Formation of southern Chile records a slope system
characterized by> 800 m of paleo-bathymetric relief. Channel deposits are exposed in an …
characterized by> 800 m of paleo-bathymetric relief. Channel deposits are exposed in an …
Architecture and controlling factors of canyon fills on the shelf margin in the Qiongdongnan Basin, northern South China Sea
Y He, X Xie, BC Kneller, Z Wang, X Li - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
Most submarine canyons are documented as erosive features that cut deeply into the shelf
margin, and are considered as important conduits for the transfer of sediment to the lower …
margin, and are considered as important conduits for the transfer of sediment to the lower …
Deep-water channel-lobe transition zone dynamics: Processes and depositional architecture, an example from the Karoo Basin, South Africa
Submarine channel-lobe transition zones separate well-defined channels from well-defined
lobes and form morphologically complicated areas, commonly located at breaks in slope …
lobes and form morphologically complicated areas, commonly located at breaks in slope …