Sea floor morphology and Plio-Quaternary sedimentary cover of the Mallorca Channel, Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean

Marine Geology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 165-179

  Acosta, J ^a   Canals, M ^b   Carbo A ^c   Munoz A ^a   Urgeles, R ^b   Munoz Martin A ^c   Uchupi, E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; geohazards; landslides; pockmarks; raft tectonics

Indexed keywords

GAS SEEPAGE; SEA FLOOR MORPHOLOGY;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; EVAPORITE; FAULTING; POCKMARK; QUATERNARY; SEAFLOOR MAPPING;

MALLORCA CHANNEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 2942729962     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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