A geomechanical approach for the genesis of sediment undulations on the Adriatic shelf

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Sultan, Nabil ^a   Cattaneo, Antonio ^a   Urgeles, Roger ^b   Lee, Homa ^c   Locat, Jacques ^d   Trincardi, Fabio ^e   Berne, Serge ^a   Canals, Miquel ^b   Lafuerza, Sara ^b  

^a Département Géosciences Marines   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic shelf; Earthquake; Sediment deformation; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749103836     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001822     Document Type: Article

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