Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1987 - Natural history |
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... suggestion ) , the total annual terrigenous supply to the west - coast shelf is realistically likely to fluctuate from 7,0 × 106 m3 ( no katabatic events ) to 20,0 × 106 m3 ( two events ) . Diester - Haass et al . ( 1986 ) and Diester ...
... suggestion ) , the total annual terrigenous supply to the west - coast shelf is realistically likely to fluctuate from 7,0 × 106 m3 ( no katabatic events ) to 20,0 × 106 m3 ( two events ) . Diester - Haass et al . ( 1986 ) and Diester ...
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... suggest that it probably is not actively eroding the sea - floor at present , the widespread phenomenon of truncated bedding - as seen on seismic records - is unequivocal evidence for large - scale erosion in the upper Cenozoic ( e.g. ...
... suggest that it probably is not actively eroding the sea - floor at present , the widespread phenomenon of truncated bedding - as seen on seismic records - is unequivocal evidence for large - scale erosion in the upper Cenozoic ( e.g. ...
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... suggest that modern AABW continues to follow a similar path : entering along the northern side of the Agulhas Passage , circulating clockwise in the Transkei Basin , and leaving along the southern side of the Agulhas Passage . In ...
... suggest that modern AABW continues to follow a similar path : entering along the northern side of the Agulhas Passage , circulating clockwise in the Transkei Basin , and leaving along the southern side of the Agulhas Passage . In ...
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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