The Connection between Channel and Lobes in Modern Fans from High-Resolution Imagery - A Review

A029 The Connection between Channel and Lobes in Modern Fans from High-Resolution Imagery - A Review AUTHORS 1 3 1 2 3 B. SAVOYE A. GERVAIS C. BONNEL N. BABONNEAU AND M. CREMER Address 1 Ifremer Marine Geosciences Department BP 70 29280 Plouzané France 2 Bordeaux 1 University 3 Brest University Submarine channels are the main conduits for sediment transfer to the deep-sea by turbidity currents and debris flows flowing downslope. Overflow processes can build adjacent huge elongated levees. Beyond the channels lie depositional lobes which we refer to as distal lobes or channel-mouth lobe in order to avoid ambiguities