Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1987 - Natural history |
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... Continental shelf sediment provenances , deep ocean basin sediment patterns , tectono- sedimentary features , and ... margin . CONTENTS PAGE Introduction . Discussion Sediment sources Allochthonous environments and feeders Steady - state ...
... Continental shelf sediment provenances , deep ocean basin sediment patterns , tectono- sedimentary features , and ... margin . CONTENTS PAGE Introduction . Discussion Sediment sources Allochthonous environments and feeders Steady - state ...
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... shelf authigenic sediment zone . ( c ) South of 34 ° S the nature of the outer margin slumps changes . They lie on a steep , rugged ( probably canyoned ) slope adjacent to a relatively narrow continental slope . The slumps are thick ...
... shelf authigenic sediment zone . ( c ) South of 34 ° S the nature of the outer margin slumps changes . They lie on a steep , rugged ( probably canyoned ) slope adjacent to a relatively narrow continental slope . The slumps are thick ...
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... shelf sediment on to the continental slope . Significant slope wasting processes probably operated south of the Cape Canyon immediately following slumping ( creating the relatively rugged slope topography ) , and may reactivate during ...
... shelf sediment on to the continental slope . Significant slope wasting processes probably operated south of the Cape Canyon immediately following slumping ( creating the relatively rugged slope topography ) , and may reactivate during ...
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SOUTHERN AFRICA SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC AND SOUTHWEST | 2 |
Acknowledgements | 23 |
Vereeniging 1930 South Africa Department of Geology Vanderbilt University Nashville | 31 |
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AABW erosion Agulhas Bank Agulhas Basin Agulhas Current Agulhas Drift Agulhas Passage Agulhas Plateau Agulhas Ridge allochthonous Atlantic and south-west authigenic authigenic sediments Bathymetry Benguela Current benthic berg winds BIRCH BREMNER Camden-Smith 1979 Cape Basin Cape Canyon Cape Town Marine carbonate sands Cenozoic Central Terrace cm/sec coastal continental margin continental shelf continental slope deposition detritus Diester-Haass Dingle & Camden-Smith Dingle & Robson east coast Emery erosion surface Flemming Goodlad Indian Ocean Joint Geological Survey/University Kolla late Miocene Marine Geology Marine Geoscience Unit modern Mozambique Basin Mozambique Ridge NADW Natal Valley Neogene ocean basins Oceanography Oligocene outer Pleistocene Pliocene Port St Johns Quaternary region ROGERS sea-floor sediment shelf sediment SIESSER slumps South Africa south-east Africa south-west Indian oceans steady-state Survey/University of Cape terrigenous terrigenous input Town Marine Geoscience Transkei Basin Tucholke & Embley turbidites University of Cape Walvis Ridge water depth west coast West Transkei Drift Westall