Discovery of a giant deep-sea valley in the Indian Ocean, off eastern Africa: The Tanzania channel

Marine Geology - Tập 255 - Trang 179-185 - 2008
J. Bourget1, S. Zaragosi1, T. Garlan2, I. Gabelotaud2, P. Guyomard2, B. Dennielou3, N. Ellouz-Zimmermann4, J.L Schneider1
1Université de Bordeaux, UMR 5805, Avenue des Facultés, F-33405 Talence, France
2SHOM, Océanographie/Recherche, CS 92803, 29228 BREST Cedex 2, France
3IFREMER, Géosciences Marines, Laboratoire Environnements Sédimentaires, BP70, 29280 Plouzané Cedex, France
4Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP), rue Bois Préau, France

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