Load structures: Gravity-driven sediment mobilization in the shallow subsurface

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 216, Issue , 2003, Pages 21-34

  Owen, Geraint ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DENSITY; FLUIDIZATION; GRAVITY FLOW; LOADING; MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0347595567     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.216.01.03     Document Type: Article

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