Morfología submarina y sedimentos marinos recientes del margen continental del nororiente de Venezuela (resumen)

Abstract

A regional distribution of the recent marine sedimentary facies from the continental shelf and slope off NE Venezuela is given in this paper. Each facies is defined according to the properties of the sediments and the geological setting. The factors of the geological setting that control the characteris- tics and distribution of each facies are defined. One of the principal factors of control in this area is the complexity of the submarine morphology.