Recent mass-movement processes on the Ebro continental slope (NW Mediterranean)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 445-457

  Casas, David ^a   Ercilla, Gemma ^a   Baraza, Jesús ^a   Alonso, Belén ^a   Maldonado, Andrés ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continental slope; Ebro; Submarine mass movements

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION;

MASS-MOVEMENT FEATURES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MASS MOVEMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EBRO CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0141460776     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(03)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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