A perspective on what is known and not known about seafloor instability in the context of continental margin evolution

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 499-501

  Pratson, L F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margin evolution; Seafloor failures; Seafloor instability

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; INSTABILITY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0035301558     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(00)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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