Geometry of a major slump structure in the Storegga slide region offshore western Norway

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Færseth, Roald B ^a,b   Sætersmoen, Bjørn Helge ^c  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Petroleum Geo Services ^*  (Norway)

^c Petroleum Geo Services   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DEBRIS FLOW; DISPLACEMENT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MARINE SEDIMENT; REVERSE FAULT; SLOPE FAILURE; SLUMPING; STRESS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; STOREGGA SLIDE;

EID: 54349113589     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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