The morphology, setting and processes of the Afen Slide

Marine Geology

Volumn 213, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 149-167

  Wilson, Christian K ^a   Long, Dave ^a   Bulat, Joe ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contourites; Faroe Shetland Channel; morphology; seabed imagery; submarine slide; submarine slope stability

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MASS TRANSFER; MORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEISMOLOGY;

BLOCK SLIDING; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY; HYDROPLANING; SHETLAND ISLANDS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTOURITE; MORPHOLOGY; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

AFEN SLIDE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 10644274550     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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