Slide structure and role of gas hydrate at the northern boundary of the Storegga Slide, offshore Norway

Marine Geology

Volumn 229, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 179-186

  Brown, Hillary E ^a   Holbrook, W Steven ^a   Hornbach, Matthew J ^a   Nealon, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

bottom simulating reflector; gas hydrate; Norwegian margin; slope stability; submarine slide; V ring Plateau

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; NORWEGIAN MARGIN; SUBMARINE SLIDE; VØRING PLATEAU;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EARTHQUAKES; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHANE; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

GAS HYDRATES;

COAST; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; PRESSURE; SEDIMENT; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SLUMPING; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; SCANDINAVIA; STOREGGA SLIDE;

EID: 33744543380     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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