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The programme first charts the development in the recognition of deep sea turbidites, such as those found in the Peira Cava area of south France, and early models of deep sea fans. This selection i...ncludes unique archive film of Kuenan's experiments which established the depositional characteristics of turbidity flows. The next part of the programme deals with leg 96 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. this research gave the first detailed data on a modern deep sea fan - The Mississippi Fan. The programme ends with a field trip to the Delaware Mountains of New Mexico. Here, Arnold Bouma shows how the model developed from the Mississippi data helps in interpreting sediments formed in this oil-rich Permian Basin.
The programme first charts the development in the recognition of deep sea turbidites, such as those found in the Peira Cava area of south France, and early models of deep sea fans. This selection i...ncludes unique archive film of Kuenan's experiments which established the depositional characteristics of turbidity flows. The next part of the programme deals with leg 96 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. this research gave the first detailed data on a modern deep sea fan - The Mississippi Fan. The programme ends with a field trip to the Delaware Mountains of New Mexico. Here, Arnold Bouma shows how the model developed from the Mississippi data helps in interpreting sediments formed in this oil-rich Permian Basin.
| Module code and title: | S338, Sedimentary processes and basin analysis |
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| Item code: | S338; 06 |
| First transmission date: | 1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:43:42 |
| Note: | Loan copy available on compilation video S338/6,9b,10,14,15 |
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| Producer: | Barrie Whatley |
| Contributors: | Arnold H. Bouma; James Coleman; Paul Vaughan |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Deep sea drilling; Delaware Mountains; Kuenan's experiments; Leg 96; Mississippi Fan; Peira Cava; Sediments; South France; Turbidity flows |
| Master spool number: | HOU5428 |
| Production number: | FOUS405B |
| Videofinder number: | 2006 |
| Available to public: | no |
