Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1987 - Natural history |
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... depths . ( b ) A major slump ( up to 720 m thick ) lies on the north - west face of the Orange Shelf ( Chamais Slump ) . There is an extensive fissured head zone ( lying between 200-1 500 m water depth ) and locally irregular sea ...
... depths . ( b ) A major slump ( up to 720 m thick ) lies on the north - west face of the Orange Shelf ( Chamais Slump ) . There is an extensive fissured head zone ( lying between 200-1 500 m water depth ) and locally irregular sea ...
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... depth ( Moroshkin et al . 1970 ; see Shannon 1985 , fig . 18 , for trajectories ) . In contrast , there is abundant ... depths below about 4 km , its effects are restricted to the Cape Basin , Agulhas Passage , perimeter of the Agulhas ...
... depth ( Moroshkin et al . 1970 ; see Shannon 1985 , fig . 18 , for trajectories ) . In contrast , there is abundant ... depths below about 4 km , its effects are restricted to the Cape Basin , Agulhas Passage , perimeter of the Agulhas ...
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... depth ) of the post - ' late Miocene ' AABW . I : Structures prior to the ' late Miocene ' erosion event . Sediment wedge to be removed by ' late Miocene ' AABW erosion is enveloped by the heavy dashed line . Arbitrary stratigraphic ...
... depth ) of the post - ' late Miocene ' AABW . I : Structures prior to the ' late Miocene ' erosion event . Sediment wedge to be removed by ' late Miocene ' AABW erosion is enveloped by the heavy dashed line . Arbitrary stratigraphic ...
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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