The Storegga Slide complex: Repetitive large scale sliding with similar cause and development

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 97-107

  Solheim, Anders ^a,c   Berg, K ^b   Forsberg, C F ^a   Bryn, P ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glacial deposition; Norwegian continental margin; Submarine slides

Indexed keywords

DRIFT DEPOSITION; HEMIPELAGIC DEPOSITS; INTERGLACIAL CYCLICITY; RETROGRESSIVE SLIDES;

DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MORPHOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; STOREGGA SLIDE; WORLD;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 14744302880     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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