New evidence for massive gravitational mass-transport deposits in the southern Cretan Sea, eastern Mediterranean

Marine Geology

Volumn 263, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 97-107

  Strozyk, Frank ^a   Huhn, Katrin ^a   Strasser, Michael ^a   Krastel, Sebastian ^b   Kock, Ingo ^a   Kopf, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cretan Sea; landslide; neotectonics; slope failure; trigger mechanism

Indexed keywords

BEARING LAYERS; CRETAN SEA; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; GRAVITATIONAL MASS; HEADWALLS; HELLENIC SUBDUCTION ZONE; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LARGE PARTS; MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSIT; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SLOPE FAILURE; SOURCE AREA; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; TRANSPORT STRUCTURE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WATER DEPTH;

CLAY MINERALS; DEPOSITS; MINING; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

LANDSLIDES;

CLAY MINERAL; MASS TRANSPORT; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; UPLIFT;

CRETAN SEA; HELLENIC TRENCH; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MALIA;

EID: 67349190526     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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