Comment on ‘Clinoform quantification for assessing the effects of external forcing on continental margin development’ |
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| Authors: | Andrew L Petter Wonsuck Kim Tetsuji Muto Ronald J Steel |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C1100, Austin, TX 78712‐0254, USA;2. Faculty of Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University, 1‐14 Bunkyomachi, Nagasaki 852‐8521, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The application of geometric modeling to shelf‐margin stratigraphy has the potential to constrain interpretations of external forcings on margin development. Here we apply such a model to the Ebro margin in order to complement the analysis of Kertznus & Kneller (2009) . Our results suggest that increased mass wasting in the Pleistocene was unlikely to have been a factor in the observed long‐term shelf‐edge trajectory, and that the trajectory can be explained by the interaction of sediment flux, relative sea‐level rise, and basin shape. |
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