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... initiation of the East Transkei Drift ( in Layer A sediments ) pre- dates the West Transkei Drift ( Layer B : Fig . 6 ) . Southward - travelling turbidites accumulate in the depression between the two drifts , with those in the east ...
... initiation of the East Transkei Drift ( in Layer A sediments ) pre- dates the West Transkei Drift ( Layer B : Fig . 6 ) . Southward - travelling turbidites accumulate in the depression between the two drifts , with those in the east ...
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... initiation of the palaeo - Agulhas Current to this period , and link the two phenomena . Martin & Flemming ( in press ) argue that the establishment of this major surface current would have had a significant effect on the climate of the ...
... initiation of the palaeo - Agulhas Current to this period , and link the two phenomena . Martin & Flemming ( in press ) argue that the establishment of this major surface current would have had a significant effect on the climate of the ...
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... initiation of the modern deep - sea scour zones to massive ' late Miocene ' erosion by AABW . There is a certain amount of ambiguity in their dating ( Tucholke & Embley 1984 , fig . 10 ) , and it is unclear whether this is a composite ...
... initiation of the modern deep - sea scour zones to massive ' late Miocene ' erosion by AABW . There is a certain amount of ambiguity in their dating ( Tucholke & Embley 1984 , fig . 10 ) , and it is unclear whether this is a composite ...
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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