Facies characteristics, morphology and depositional models of clay-slide deposits in terraced fjord valleys, Norway

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 710-729

  Hansen, Louise ^a   Eilertsen, Raymond S ^a   Solberg, Inger Lise ^b   Sveian, Harald ^a   Rokoengen, Kåre ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clay; Facies; Landslides; Norway; Quick clay; Terraces; Valleys

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BEDROCK; CLAY; DEPOSITION; FACIES; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FJORD; LANDSLIDE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TERRACE; VALLEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 36249006562     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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