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... RATES ( means for 65 m.y. , based on areas > 0,5 km sediment cover ) Orange Basin * Natal Valley Vol * ( km3 ) Area * ( km2 ) Rate ^ Rate / area * 15 14 2,3 32 21 4,9 11343 16 23 = × 104 ; = 106 m3 / yr ; = m m3 / km2 / yr a = Milliman ...
... RATES ( means for 65 m.y. , based on areas > 0,5 km sediment cover ) Orange Basin * Natal Valley Vol * ( km3 ) Area * ( km2 ) Rate ^ Rate / area * 15 14 2,3 32 21 4,9 11343 16 23 = × 104 ; = 106 m3 / yr ; = m m3 / km2 / yr a = Milliman ...
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... rates / area of 23 and 16 m3 / km2 / yr , respectively ( Table 2c , Fig . 4 ) . These figures raise the question of possible variations in either rate of sediment supply , or provenance during Cenozoic time , because they contrast ...
... rates / area of 23 and 16 m3 / km2 / yr , respectively ( Table 2c , Fig . 4 ) . These figures raise the question of possible variations in either rate of sediment supply , or provenance during Cenozoic time , because they contrast ...
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... rates reflect arid hinterlands for the west - coast rivers , and humid hinterlands along the south- and east - coast ... rate , has promoted extensive production of authigenic sediment ( glauconite and carbonate apatite ) , pelagic ...
... rates reflect arid hinterlands for the west - coast rivers , and humid hinterlands along the south- and east - coast ... rate , has promoted extensive production of authigenic sediment ( glauconite and carbonate apatite ) , pelagic ...
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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