Submarine slide scars and mass movements in Karmsundet and Skudenesfjorden, southwestern Norway: Morphology and evolution

Marine Geology

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 147-165

  Boe R ^a   Hovland, M ^b   Instanes, A ^c   Rise, L ^a   Vasshus, S ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

North Sea; Palaeoceanography; Retrogressive slide; Submarine slide; Swath bathymetry

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORWAY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; FJORD; MASS MOVEMENT; SEAFLOOR; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

NORWAY;

EID: 0034659278     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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