Turbidites around an active fault scarp on the Lower Valencia Fan, northwest Mediterranean

Morris, S. A., Alexander, J., Kenyon, N. H. and Limonov, A. F. (1998) Turbidites around an active fault scarp on the Lower Valencia Fan, northwest Mediterranean. Geo-Marine Letters, 18 (2). pp. 165-171. ISSN 1432-1157

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Abstract

Side-scan sonar images from the Lower Valencia Fan show that turbidite bedforms (chevrons) and net sediment aggradation vary around a small fault scarp. One or more turbidity currents were affected by the fault, but the exact timing of the fault movement in relation to the chevrons is not known. A scaled laboratory experiment showed that mean flow vector would not be affected by a current flowing over an obstacle of similar height to flow depth ratio.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences and Natural Hazards (former - to 2017)
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	29 Mar 2011 13:19
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2025 04:05
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/27441
DOI:	10.1007/s003670050064

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