Dynamics and timing of the Hinlopen/Yermak Megaslide north of Spitsbergen, Arctic Ocean

Marine Geology

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 34-50

  Winkelmann, Daniel ^a   Geissler, Wolfram ^a   Schneider, Julia ^b   Stein, Ruediger ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; gravity driven mass flow events; slope failure; slope stability; submarine slides; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY DRIVEN MASS FLOW EVENTS; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE SLIDES;

BATHYMETRY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SLOPE STABILITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTS;

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEBRIS FLOW; DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEISMIC DATA; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BULGARIA; EURASIA; EURASIAN BASIN; EUROPE; NANSEN BASIN; SOFIA BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 41349085555     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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