| Abstract: | The Astoria Fan, a modern system, is located on a subducting oceanic crust and fills a north-south-trending trench along the Oregon continental margin. Well-developed channels cross the entire fan length; they display classic inner-fan leveed profiles but evolve into distributaries in the midfan area where the gradient decreases sharply. During periods of low sea level, inner- and middle-fan channels funnel sand to distal depositional sites in the outer-fan area where the sand/shale ratios are highest. This pattern of sand displacement and efficiency of transport appears to be characteristic of elongate fans fed by a major river and submarine canyon. ?? 1984 Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
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| Citation Author: | Nelson, C. H. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Geo-Marine Letters |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | The Astoria Fan: An elongate type fan; 1984; Article; Journal; Geo-Marine Letters; Nelson, C. H. |
| Citation Start Page: | 65 |
| Citation Volume: | 3 |
| Citation Year: | 1984 |
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| Text: | The Astoria Fan: An elongate type fan; 1984; Article; Journal; Geo-Marine Letters; Nelson, C. H. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02462449 |
| Date Other: | Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:09 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Springer-Verlag |
