Detecting compaction disequilibrium with anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Schwehr, Kurt ^a,b   Tauxe, Lisa ^b   Driscoll, Neal ^b   Lee, H ^c  

^a Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Apparent overconsolidation; Slope failure; Submarine landslides

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049085172     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001378     Document Type: Article

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