Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1987 - Natural history |
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... sediment provenances , deep ocean basin sediment patterns , tectono- sedimentary features , and the bathymetry of approximately four million square kilometres of the SE Atlantic and SW Indian oceans are summarized in two charts at a ...
... sediment provenances , deep ocean basin sediment patterns , tectono- sedimentary features , and the bathymetry of approximately four million square kilometres of the SE Atlantic and SW Indian oceans are summarized in two charts at a ...
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... sediments in the area ( Antarctic Bottom Water , AABW ; and North Atlantic Deep Water , NADW : Figs 2 , 3 ) . The results are gradients in sediment thickness and sea - floor current velocity , which are generally high in the south ...
... sediments in the area ( Antarctic Bottom Water , AABW ; and North Atlantic Deep Water , NADW : Figs 2 , 3 ) . The results are gradients in sediment thickness and sea - floor current velocity , which are generally high in the south ...
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... sediment ( glauconite and carbonate apatite ) , pelagic carbonate sands , and more locally diatomaceous muds ( Fig . 1 ) . Although evidence for modern production of phosphatic sediments is limited to the Walvis Bay area ( e.g. Bremner ...
... sediment ( glauconite and carbonate apatite ) , pelagic carbonate sands , and more locally diatomaceous muds ( Fig . 1 ) . Although evidence for modern production of phosphatic sediments is limited to the Walvis Bay area ( e.g. Bremner ...
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