SEPM Core Workshop No. 20 (1995) Cover Diagram by G. Shanmugam: Downslope turbidity currents vs. along-slope bottom currents (i.e., contour currents)



 

SEPM Core Workshop No. 20 (1995)

 

Caption: Conceptual diagram showing the spatial relationship between downslope turbidity currents along channel axis (downward arrow) and along-slope bottom currents (i.e., contour currents, rightward arrows). See paper by Shanmugam, G., Spalding, T.D., and Rofheart, D.H., 1995,  “Deep-marine bottom-current reworked sand (Pliocene-Pleistocene) Ewing Bank 826 Field, Gulf of Mexico”, in  R.D. Winn, Jr., and J.M. Armentrout, eds., Turbidites and associted deep-water facies: SEPM Core workshop No. 20,  Houston, Texas, p.  25-54. Diagram from Shanmugam et al. (1993, AAPG Bulletin, v. 77, p. 1241-1259)

 

 

 

SEPM Short Courde No. 66 (1990) Cover Diagram by G. Shanmugam: Submarine fans with braided channels of active-margin settings

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SEPM Short Courde No. 66 (1990)

  

Caption: Conceptual diagram showing submarine fans with braided chanels and associated lobes on active-margin settings. See paper by Shanmugam “Deep-marine facies models and the interrelationship of depositional components in time and space”, in  Brown, G.C., Gorsline, D.S., and Schweller, W.J., eds. Applied Deep-Marine Sedimentation: SEPM Short Course No. 66, San Francisco, CA, 1990, p. 199-246.  Diagram from Shanmugam et al. (1988, Trans. Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. v. 38, p. 157-165).