A high resolution approach in the recent sedimentation processes at the head of Zakynthos Canyon, western Greece

Marine Geology

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 49-73

  Hasiotis, T ^a   Papatheodorou, G ^a   Ferentinos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

gas and pockmarks; mass movements; salt doming; sedimentation processes; seismicity; western Greece; Zakynthos Canyon

Indexed keywords

SALTS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBIDITY;

MASS FLOW; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; STEEPER SLOPE GRADIENT;

SEDIMENTATION;

PROVENANCE; SALT DOME; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD; ZAKYNTHOS CANYON;

EID: 11844263332     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.10.024     Document Type: Article

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