Increased continental-margin slumping frequency during sea-level lowstands above gas hydrate-bearing sediments

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-146

  Paull, Charles K ^a   Buelow, William J ^a   Ussler III, William ^a,b   Borowski, Walter S ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL; GEOLOGY;

BLAKE RIDGE; CAROLINAS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL RISE; GAS HYDRATE BEARING SEDIMENTS; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT COLUMN; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SOUTHEASTERN US; CONTINENTAL-MARGIN SLUMPING FREQUENCY; SEA-LEVEL LOWSTANDS;

SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GAS HYDRATE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA LEVEL; SLUMPING; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL RISE; LOWSTAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; CARBON 14; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; GAS HYDRATES; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE RIDGE; CAROLINA RISE; UNITED STATES; ATLANTIC;

EID: 0029659213     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0143:ICMSFD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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