Distinguishing sediment waves from slope failure deposits: Field examples, including the 'humboldt slide', and modelling results

Marine Geology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 79-104

  Lee, Homa J ^a   Syvitski, James P M ^b   Parker, Gary ^c   Orange, Daniel ^d   Locat, Jacques ^e   Hutton, Eric W H ^b   Imran, Jasim ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Marine Geoscience Division   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Landslides; Sediment waves; Sedimentation; Slope failure; Turbidity currents

Indexed keywords

MARINE SETTINGS; SEAFLOOR BEDFORMS;

GLACIERS; LANDSLIDES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTATION; WAVES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

LANDSLIDE; SEDIMENT WAVE; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITY CURRENT; WAVE FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF ALASKA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037115783     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00550-9     Document Type: Article

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