Depositional patterns of modem Orinoco/Amazon muds on the northern Venezuelan shelf

Authors

John D. Milliman, Woods Hold Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, U.S.A.
Jorge Butenko, Instituto Tecnologico Venezolano del Petroleo, S.A., Caracas, Venezuela
Jean Paul Barbot, Instituto Tecnologico Venezolano del Petroleo, S.A., Caracas, Venezuela
Jan Hedberg, Instituto Tecnologico Venezolano del Petroleo, S.A., Caracas, Venezuela

Abstract

Modern muds derived from the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers are gradually covering early Holocene (shallow-water) reefs and sands on the continental shelf and upper slope north of the Paria peninsula. Throughout much of the area the muds are more or less continuous and locally as thick as 20 m....

Recommended Citation

Milliman, John D., Jorge Butenko, Jean P. Barbot, and Jan Hedberg. 1982. "Depositional patterns of modem Orinoco/Amazon muds on the northern Venezuelan shelf." Journal of Marine Research 40, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1602