Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1987 - Natural history |
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... structures form where swell - driven littoral sediments moving eastward cannot bypass capes . Large volumes of sand have been incorporated in these structures ( for example , individual submerged spit - bars on the south coast contain ...
... structures form where swell - driven littoral sediments moving eastward cannot bypass capes . Large volumes of sand have been incorporated in these structures ( for example , individual submerged spit - bars on the south coast contain ...
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... structures : the south- eastern side of the Agulhas Bank ; 26 ° E to Durban ; Tugela to Limpopo cones ( submarine fans ) . ( a ) The whole south - eastern side of the Agulhas Bank , to water depths as shallow as 200 m , has been ...
... structures : the south- eastern side of the Agulhas Bank ; 26 ° E to Durban ; Tugela to Limpopo cones ( submarine fans ) . ( a ) The whole south - eastern side of the Agulhas Bank , to water depths as shallow as 200 m , has been ...
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... structures . Key : X = intersection of erosion surface II and depositional surface I. Y intersection of erosion surface II and basal glide plane . Z intersection of sea - floor and upper level of effective scour ( i.e. its shallowest ...
... structures . Key : X = intersection of erosion surface II and depositional surface I. Y intersection of erosion surface II and basal glide plane . Z intersection of sea - floor and upper level of effective scour ( i.e. its shallowest ...
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