Eivissa slides, western Mediterranean Sea: Morphology and processes

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 225-233

  Lastras, G ^a   Canals, M ^a   Amblas, D ^a   Ivanov, M ^b   Dennielou, B ^c   Droz, L ^d   Akhmetzhanov, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LANDSLIDES; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTS; SONAR;

COMPRESSION RIDGES; SLIDE MOVEMENT; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

LANDFORMS;

SLAB; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; SUBMARINE RIDGE; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

IBIZA CHANNEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33748133879     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-006-0032-4     Document Type: Article

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