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1996, Oceanography 9(3):163–167, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.04
Continental-Slope Sedimentation: The View from Northern California
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Authors
James P. Syvitski | Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Clark R. Alexander | Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA, USA
Michael E. Field | United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, USA
James V. Gardner | United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, USA
Daniel L. Orange | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, USA
Janet W. Yun | Department of Earth Sciences & Institute of Tectonics, University of California, SantaCruz, CA, USA
First Paragraph
The slope portion of the STRATAFORM program sets out to establish a better understanding of the sedimentary processes important in developing the stratigraphic record of continental slopes over the past 106 years. To understand how sediment sequences and their bounding surfaces form on slopes, the project seeks to investigate processes that influence sediment erosion, transport, and accumulation. Project objectives include identification of the sources, fluxes, and mechanisms of sediment transported to and deposited on the slope: determination of the fluxes and mechanisms of sediment remobilized, eroded, and transported within and out of the slope; examination of how the processes identified above interact to form slope strata, unconformities, sequences, and morphology. In this paper we report on the approach to meeting these tasks, some preliminary field results, and future plans.
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Citation
Syvitski, J.P., C.R. Alexander, M.E. Field, J.V. Gardner, D.L. Orange, and J.W. Yun. 1996. Continental-slope sedimentation: The view from Northern California. Oceanography 9(3):163–167, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1996.04.