Potential role of compressional structures in generating submarine slope failures in the Niger Delta

Marine Geology

Volumn 237, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 169-190

  Sultan, N ^a   Voisset, M ^a   Marsset, B ^a   Marsset, T ^a   Cauquil, E ^b   Colliat, Jean Louis ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

compressional structures; modelling; Niger Delta; penetrometer; piezometer; slope stability

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIONAL STRUCTURES; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; NIGER DELTA; PENETROMETERS; PIEZOMETERS;

BATHYMETRY; COMPACTION; LANDSLIDES; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SLOPE STABILITY;

SUBMARINES;

COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EXTENSION; GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THRUST FAULT;

AFRICA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33846839649     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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