Triggering and evolution of a giant submarine landslide, offshore Angola, revealed by 3D seismic stratigraphy and geomorphology

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 9-19

  Gee, Martin J R ^a,b   Gawthorpe, R L ^a   Friedmann, S J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; EROSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MORPHOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

3D SEISMIC DATA; BASAL SLIDING; INITIAL FAILURE; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LANDSLIDE DEPOSITS; PROCESS-ORIENTED; REMOBILIZATION; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

LANDSLIDES;

SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ANGOLAN MARGIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 33644831819     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.02     Document Type: Article

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