Palaeoslides and other mass failures of Pliocene to Pleistocene age along the Atlantic continental margin of NW Europe

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1131-1148

  Evans, D ^a   Harrison, Z ^b   Shannon, P M ^e   Laberg, J S ^c   Nielsen, T ^d   Ayers, S ^b   Holmes, R ^a   Hoult, R J ^a   Lindberg, B ^c   Haflidason, H ^f   Long, D ^a   Kuijpers, A ^d   Andersen, E S ^g   Bryn, P ^g  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

European margin; Mass failure; Palaeoslides

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MASS FAILURES; PALAEOSLIDING; SEISMIC ACTIVITY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

EID: 28444463606     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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