Submarine slope stability on high-latitude glaciated Svalbard-Barents Sea margin

Marine Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 303-316

  Dimakis, Panagiotis ^a   Elverhøi, Anders ^b   Høeg, Kaare ^b   Solheim, Anders ^c   Harbitz, Carl ^d   Laberg, Jan S ^b   O Vorren, Tore ^b   Marr, Jeff ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c JSI Oil and Gas Consultants AS   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margins; Debris flows; Glacier erosion; Submarine slope stability

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE FAN;

BARENTS SEA;

EID: 0034651168     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00076-6     Document Type: Article

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