TY - CHAP
T1 - Anatomy of a modern open-ocean carbonate slope
T2 - northern Little Bahama Bank
AU - Mullins, Henry T.
AU - Heath, Kathryn C.
AU - Buren, H. Mark Van
AU - Newton, Cathryn R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1992 The International Association of Sedimentologists.
PY - 2009/5/29
Y1 - 2009/5/29
N2 - The open-ocean carbonate slope north of Little Bahama Bank consists of a relatively steep (4°) upper slope between water depths of 200 and 900 m, and a more gentle (1-2°) lower slope between depths of 900 and 1300+ m. The upper slope is dissected by numerous, small, submarine canyons (50-150 m in relief) that act as a line source for the downslope transport of coarse-grained carbonate debris. The lower slope is devoid of any well-defined canyons but does contain numerous, small (1-5 m) hummocks of uncertain origin and numerous, larger (5-40 m), patchily distributed, ahermatypic coral mounds.
AB - The open-ocean carbonate slope north of Little Bahama Bank consists of a relatively steep (4°) upper slope between water depths of 200 and 900 m, and a more gentle (1-2°) lower slope between depths of 900 and 1300+ m. The upper slope is dissected by numerous, small, submarine canyons (50-150 m in relief) that act as a line source for the downslope transport of coarse-grained carbonate debris. The lower slope is devoid of any well-defined canyons but does contain numerous, small (1-5 m) hummocks of uncertain origin and numerous, larger (5-40 m), patchily distributed, ahermatypic coral mounds.
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U2 - 10.1002/9781444304473.ch28
DO - 10.1002/9781444304473.ch28
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84961296944
SN - 9780632032624
SP - 303
EP - 330
BT - Deep-Water Turbidite Systems
PB - Wiley
ER -