Characterisation of the recent BIG'95 debris flow deposit on the Ebro margin, Western Mediterranean Sea, after a variety of seismic reflection data

Marine Geology

Volumn 213, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 235-255

  Lastras, G ^a   Canals, M ^a   Urgeles, R ^a   De Batist, M ^b   Calafat, A M ^a   Casamor, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

debris flow; seismic reflection profiling; slope stability; swath bathymetry; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; SEAFLOOR; SIDE-SCAN SONOGRAPHS; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

BATHYMETRY; CHARACTERIZATION; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

DEBRIS FLOW; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA]; WORLD;

EID: 10644246941     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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