Age of Palos Verdes submarine debris avalanche, southern California

Marine Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 247-259

  Normark, William R ^a   McGann, Mary ^a   Sliter, Ray ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin sedimentation; California Borderland; Debris avalanche; Submarine landslide; Turbidite fan valley

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

SUBMARINE DEBRIS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; HOLOCENE; MASS WASTING; RADIOCARBON DATING; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PALOS VERDES SHELF;

EID: 1642445435     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00308-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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