Late-Quaternary morpho-sedimentology and submarine mass movements of the Betsiamites area, Lower St. Lawrence Estuary, Quebec, Canada

Marine Geology

Volumn 251, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 233-252

  Cauchon Voyer, Geneviève ^a   Locat, Jacques ^a   St Onge, Guillaume ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betsiamites River; earthquakes; morpho sedimentology; multibeam bathymetry; seismic reflection; St. Lawrence Estuary; submarine mass movements

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

MORPHO-SEDIMENTOLOGY; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBMARINE MASS MOVEMENTS;

ESTUARIES;

BATHYMETRY; DEBRIS FLOW; EARTHQUAKE; GAS SEEPAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MASS MOVEMENT; POCKMARK; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SLOPE STABILITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BETSIAMITES RIVER; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; LAURENTIAN CHANNEL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 43149100323     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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