The Brunei slide: A giant submarine landslide on the North West Borneo Margin revealed by 3D seismic data

Marine Geology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-23

  Gee, M J R ^a   Uy, H S ^b   Warren, J ^a   Morley, C K ^c   Lambiase, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b Sarawak Shell Berhad ^*  (Malaysia)

^c PTTEP   (Thailand)

Author keywords

3D seismic; debris flow; gas hydrates; landslide; Mass Transport Complex; triggering mechanisms

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; MASS TRANSPORT COMPLEX; TRIGGERING MECHANISMS; WATER DEPTH;

EROSION; FLOW STRUCTURE; GAS HYDRATES; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LANDSLIDES;

CANYON; DEBRIS FLOW; FLOW STRUCTURE; GAS HYDRATE; MASS TRANSPORT; SEISMIC DATA; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TROUGH;

ASIA; BARAM BASIN; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 36148992234     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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