Multi-scale slope instabilities along the Nile deep-sea fan, Egyptian margin: A general overview

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 633-646

  Loncke, Lies ^a   Gaullier, Virginie ^a   Droz, Laurence ^b   Ducassou, Emmanuelle ^c   Migeon, Sébastien ^d   Mascle, Jean ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Fluids; Hazards; Nile deep sea fan; Salt tectonics; Slope instabilities

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; FLUIDS; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT TECTONICS; SEISMOLOGY;

DEEP SEA FAN; DRILLING OPERATION; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; MASS MOVEMENT; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; NILE DEEP SEA FANS; SEISMIC DATAS; SLOPE INSTABILITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; DATA SET; ECHO SOUNDING; GRAVITY FLOW; MASS MOVEMENT; MULTIBEAM SONAR; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SALT TECTONICS; SEAMOUNT; SEISMIC DATA; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 67349248192     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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