| Abstract: | Much of the modern upper (proximal) Monterey fan is a channel-levee complex, the Upper Turbidite Sequence (UTS), that was deeply eroded after the channel breached a volcanic ridge to reach a deeper base level. Ages of sediment samples collected with the ALVIN submersible from the deepest outcrop within the channel-levee system, 390 m below the adjacent western levee crest, indicate that the UTS deposits accumulated at ???1 m ka-1 during the last 500 ka. Neogene and Early Pleistocene sediment accumulation on the fan prior to the UTS was much slower (<0.03 m ka-1), and underlying turbidite systems(?) had substantially different morphologic expression(s). |
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| Citation Author: | Normark, W. R. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Geo-Marine Letters |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Late Pleistocene channel-levee development on Monterey submarine fan, central California; 1999; Article; Journal; Geo-Marine Letters; Normark, W. R. |
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| Citation Volume: | 18 |
| Citation Year: | 1999 |
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| Text: | Late Pleistocene channel-levee development on Monterey submarine fan, central California; 1999; Article; Journal; Geo-Marine Letters; Normark, W. R. |
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| Date Other: | Fri, 1 Jan 1999 00:00 -0600 |
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