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Dynamics of gravel in the superficial sediments of the Flemish Banks, southern North Sea in The Quaternary and Tertiary geology of the Southern Bight, North Sea.

Auteurs :
TYTGAT, J.
Belgian Geological Survey, Belgique

Description :
Although it is obvious that the gravels in the Flemish Banks consist of three main deposits, it is very hard to stake them out. Due to the Holocene marine transgressions the gravels are becoming a mixture of southern coming, Rhine and Meuse, and local clasts. In consequences of the tidal stream generated erosion, a coarse gravelly lag deposit develops in the interbank channels. Both grain-size and petrographic data demonstrate gravel paths leaving these channels. They indicate a net NNE transport of fine gravel oblique to the crest of the ridges.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
International Colloquy, 1989, p. 217-228, Références bibliographiques : 28 réf.

Date :
1989

Editeur :
Pays édition : Belgique

Langue :
Anglais
Droits :
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