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... major role as a sediment generator but , in areas south of the Walvis Ridge , a minimal role in sediment movement , because surface velocities are generally not greater than 30 cm / sec at 25 ° S and 50 cm / sec at 33 ° S ( Stander 1964 ...
... major role as a sediment generator but , in areas south of the Walvis Ridge , a minimal role in sediment movement , because surface velocities are generally not greater than 30 cm / sec at 25 ° S and 50 cm / sec at 33 ° S ( Stander 1964 ...
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... major events autochthonous sediments erosion surface major slump. West COAST onset of shelf 0 0.01 2.0 Neogene slumps . Benguela Current 5.0 23.0 basin slow or non - deposition re - newed AABW erosion Palaeogene sediments : major AABW ...
... major events autochthonous sediments erosion surface major slump. West COAST onset of shelf 0 0.01 2.0 Neogene slumps . Benguela Current 5.0 23.0 basin slow or non - deposition re - newed AABW erosion Palaeogene sediments : major AABW ...
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South African Museum. allochthonous sediments major events autochthonous sediments erosion surface major slump events drifts sediment removed non deposition Fig . 6. Schematic stratigraphic relationships of principal mid - Tertiary to ...
South African Museum. allochthonous sediments major events autochthonous sediments erosion surface major slump events drifts sediment removed non deposition Fig . 6. Schematic stratigraphic relationships of principal mid - Tertiary to ...
Contents
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