Morphological feature analyses of the Prestige half-graben on the SW Galicia Bank

Marine Geology

Volumn 249, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 7-20

  Llave, E ^a   Garcia M ^b   Perez C ^c   Sayago, M ^c   Farran M ^b   Ercilla, G ^b   Somoza, L ^a   Leon R ^a   Maestro, A ^a   Medialdea, T ^a   Hernandez Molina F J ^d   Alvarez R ^d   Duran R ^d   Mohamed, K ^d  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galicia Bank; Galicia margin; geomorphology; half graben structure; mass movements; slope apron

Indexed keywords

GALICIA BANKS; GALICIA MARGIN; HALF-GRABEN STRUCTURE; MASS-MOVEMENTS; SLOPE APRON;

HAZARDS; MORPHOLOGY; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

AIR GUN; ECHO SOUNDER; FAULT GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRABEN; MASS MOVEMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; WRECK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALICIA BANK;

EID: 39549100113     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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