Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1987 - Natural history |
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... slump ( up to 720 m thick ) lies on the north - west face of the Orange Shelf ( Chamais Slump ) . There is an ... slumps are thick ( up to 720 m ) but relatively narrow and tectonically complex . Large glide - plane scars incise ...
... slump ( up to 720 m thick ) lies on the north - west face of the Orange Shelf ( Chamais Slump ) . There is an ... slumps are thick ( up to 720 m ) but relatively narrow and tectonically complex . Large glide - plane scars incise ...
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... slumps abundant terrigenous fluvial supply and biogenic debris , meagre authigenic input Agulhas Current influence allochthonous sediments major events autochthonous sediments erosion surface major slump. West COAST onset of shelf 0 0.01 ...
... slumps abundant terrigenous fluvial supply and biogenic debris , meagre authigenic input Agulhas Current influence allochthonous sediments major events autochthonous sediments erosion surface major slump. West COAST onset of shelf 0 0.01 ...
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South African Museum. west - coast slumps and slides , and the Agulhas Drift ) . Figure 6 is an attempt to identify ... slump in phase III is enveloped by light dashed line . This line is the incipient basal glide plane . Following ...
South African Museum. west - coast slumps and slides , and the Agulhas Drift ) . Figure 6 is an attempt to identify ... slump in phase III is enveloped by light dashed line . This line is the incipient basal glide plane . Following ...
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