Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1987 - Natural history |
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... shelf . At least two , thinner , and tectonically less - complex slides lie south of the Tripp Seamount on the south - east lower face of the Orange Shelf . These occur along a smooth , regular continental slope with no evidence of ...
... shelf . At least two , thinner , and tectonically less - complex slides lie south of the Tripp Seamount on the south - east lower face of the Orange Shelf . These occur along a smooth , regular continental slope with no evidence of ...
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... shelf . In summary , on a regional scale , the heads of all the west - coast allochtho- nous masses lie in zones of outer shelf - upper slope biogenic carbonate sands and muds , and locally intersect areas of authigenic - rich sediments ...
... shelf . In summary , on a regional scale , the heads of all the west - coast allochtho- nous masses lie in zones of outer shelf - upper slope biogenic carbonate sands and muds , and locally intersect areas of authigenic - rich sediments ...
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... shelf debris is derived from the river - borne terrigenous input and the carbonate lag gravels on the outer shelf ( Flemming 1978 , 1981 ; Hay 1984 ; Flemming & Hay in press ) . The southern edge of the main apron is dammed against the ...
... shelf debris is derived from the river - borne terrigenous input and the carbonate lag gravels on the outer shelf ( Flemming 1978 , 1981 ; Hay 1984 ; Flemming & Hay in press ) . The southern edge of the main apron is dammed against the ...
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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