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... least for most of late Cenozoic time ( i.e. Neogene and Quaternary , 24,6 m.y. ) , although the effectiveness of the various processes controlling sedimentation has fluctuated . DISCUSSION SEDIMENT SOURCES The single most significant ...
... least for most of late Cenozoic time ( i.e. Neogene and Quaternary , 24,6 m.y. ) , although the effectiveness of the various processes controlling sedimentation has fluctuated . DISCUSSION SEDIMENT SOURCES The single most significant ...
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... least four canyon - head complexes ( Flemming 1981 ; Hay 1984 ; Dingle & Robson 1985 ) . The precise fate of the east - coast mud is not known , but little or none resides on the shelf ( Fig . 1 ) . Presumably it all passes into the ...
... least four canyon - head complexes ( Flemming 1981 ; Hay 1984 ; Dingle & Robson 1985 ) . The precise fate of the east - coast mud is not known , but little or none resides on the shelf ( Fig . 1 ) . Presumably it all passes into the ...
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... least 300 km ) sediment drifts occur in the eastern Natal Valley adjacent to the Mozambique Ridge , and both indicate long - term , steady - state , targeted deposition ( Dingle & Robson 1985 ) . We postulate that the East Transkei ...
... least 300 km ) sediment drifts occur in the eastern Natal Valley adjacent to the Mozambique Ridge , and both indicate long - term , steady - state , targeted deposition ( Dingle & Robson 1985 ) . We postulate that the East Transkei ...
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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