GROWTH PATTERNS OF DEEP SEA FANS,

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Abstract:

The growth pattern of a deep-sea fan relates events occurring in and around the fan-valleys to the structure and morphology of the open fan. The growth pattern cannot be determined without knowing the origin and recent history of the fan-valley system. The mapping of La Jolla and San Lucas deep-sea fans with the deep-towed instrument package developed at Marine Physical Laboratory of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography details the fine-scale morphology, structure, and internal fill of the fan-valleys and attempts to define the growth patterns of these fans. Author

Author(s):
Normark, William Raymond
Author Organization(s):
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY SAN DIEGO CALIF MARINE PHYSICAL LAB
Pagination:
0085

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
SIO-Ref-69-29, MPL-U-68/69
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00014-69-A-0200-6002, NSA-GA-4581
Project Number(s):
NR-260-103
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
(*OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY, SEDIMENTATION), STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, DEEP WATER, SAND, GRAVEL, DEPOSITS, EROSION, GEOLOGIC AGE DETERMINATION, MAGNETIC ANOMALY DETECTION, MARINE GEOPHYSICS, CALIFORNIA
Field(s)/Group(s):
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography, Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy
Keyword(s):
BAJA CALIFORNIA, GEOMORPHOLOGY, LA JOLLA FAN, SUBMARINE VALLEYS
Report Date:
1969 Dec 01