Plume tectonics as a cause of mass wasting on the southeast Greenland continental margin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 771-780

  Clift, Peter ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic support; Eustacy; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

EROSION; SEDIMENTS; SUBSIDENCE;

EUSTACY; MASS WASTING; PLUME TECTONICS; RAPID TECTONIC SUBSIDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EUSTASY; EUSTAT CHANGES; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; MASS WASTING; SUBSIDENCE;

ATLANTIC, SOUTHEAST GREENLAND MARGIN;

EID: 0030292056     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(96)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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