Near-surface geology and sediment-failure geohazards of the central Scotian Slope

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 703-723

  Mosher, David C ^a   Piper, David J W ^a   Campbell, D Calvin ^a   Jenner, Kimberley A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TECTONICS;

GEOHAZARDS; TECTONICS EARTHQUAKE;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EARTHQUAKE; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SLOPE;

EID: 3042602204     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01260403084     Document Type: Article

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