Knoll and Sediment Drift near Hudson Canyon
- 29 September 1967
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 157 (3796), 1552-1553
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.157.3796.1552
Abstract
A parallel-bedded accumulation of sediments forms a low ridge on the upcurrent side of a partially moated knoll. These sediments were deposited beneath a southwestward-flowing current where it is locally decelerated by the obstructing knoll.Keywords
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