Sedimentary structures offshore Ortona, Adriatic Sea - Deformation or sediment waves?

Marine Geology

Volumn 234, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 261-270

  Berndt, Christian ^a   Cattaneo, Antonio ^b   Szuman, Magdalena ^a   Trincardi, Fabio ^c   Masson, Doug ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; sediment waves; seismic amplitudes; submarine creep

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; SEDIMENT WAVES; SEISMIC AMPLITUDES; SUBMARINE CREEP;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; WATER WAVES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENT WAVE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; WATER DEPTH;

ABRUZZI; ADRIATIC SEA; CHIETI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORTONA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751530410     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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