Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1987 - Natural history |
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... Modern terrigenous supply is grossly inflated by agricultural malpractices ( e.g. Dingle et al . 1983 ; Dingle & Hendey 1984 ) , and may distort predictions of regional trends , but calculations based on sediment basin volumes indicate ...
... Modern terrigenous supply is grossly inflated by agricultural malpractices ( e.g. Dingle et al . 1983 ; Dingle & Hendey 1984 ) , and may distort predictions of regional trends , but calculations based on sediment basin volumes indicate ...
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... modern contributions are 5,9 and 65,0 x 106 m3 / yr , respectively ( 53,3 % total east - coast supply - Flemming & Hay 1983 ) . Both rivers have constructed large submarine fans that prograde across the continental shelf into deep water ...
... modern contributions are 5,9 and 65,0 x 106 m3 / yr , respectively ( 53,3 % total east - coast supply - Flemming & Hay 1983 ) . Both rivers have constructed large submarine fans that prograde across the continental shelf into deep water ...
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... modern AABW continues to follow a similar path : entering along the northern side of the Agulhas Passage , circulating clockwise in the Transkei Basin , and leaving along the southern side of the Agulhas Passage . In contrast , Westall ...
... modern AABW continues to follow a similar path : entering along the northern side of the Agulhas Passage , circulating clockwise in the Transkei Basin , and leaving along the southern side of the Agulhas Passage . In contrast , Westall ...
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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