Three-dimensional architecture of submarine slide surfaces and associated soft-sediment deformation in the Lutetian Sobrarbe deltaic complex (Ainsa, Spanish Pyrenees)

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1226-1249

  Callot, Pierre ^a,b,c   Odonne, Francis ^a,b,c   Debroas, Elie Jean ^a,b,c   Maillard, Agnès ^a,b,c   Dhont, Damien ^d   Basile, Christophe ^b   Hoareau, Guilhem ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

3D modelling; Ainsa Basin; Fossil submarine slides; Sedimentary instabilities; Seismite; Slope instabilities; Soft sediment deformation; Tsunamite

Indexed keywords

CRACK; DEFORMATION; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DISPLACEMENT; GRABEN; INSTABILITY; LITHIFICATION; LUTETIAN; NORMAL FAULT; SANDSTONE; SEA LEVEL; SEISMITE; SLIDING; SLOPE STABILITY; SLUMPING; SUBMARINE SLOPE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AINSA BASIN; ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUESCA [ARAGON]; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67651095704     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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