Mid- to Late Cenozoic canyon development on the eastern margin of the Rockall Trough, offshore Ireland

Marine Geology

Volumn 229, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 113-132

  Elliott, Gavin M ^a   Shannon, Patrick M ^a   Haughton, Peter D W ^a   Praeg, Daniel ^a   O'Reilly, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

canyons; Cenozoic; Rockall Trough; slope failure; undersupplied

Indexed keywords

CANYONS; CENOZOIC; ROCKALL TROUGH; SLOPE FAILURE; UNDERSUPPLIED;

BATHYMETRY; RIVERS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GEOLOGY;

CANYON; CENOZOIC; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SLOPE FAILURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; ROCKALL TROUGH; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745434681     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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