Changes in the frequency, scale, and failing areas of latest Quaternary (<29.4 cal. ka B.P.) slope failures along the SW Ulleung Basin, East Sea (Japan Sea), inferred from depositional characters of densely dated turbidite successions

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-142

  Lee, Sang Hoon ^a   Bahk, Jang J ^b   Kim, Han J ^a   Lee, Kyung E ^c   Jou, Hyeong T ^a   Suk, Bong C ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-RESOLUTION FREQUENCY; HYDRATE DISSOLUTION; JAPAN SEA; MASS FAILURES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SLOPE FAILURE; ULLEUNG BASIN;

DISSOLUTION; GAS HYDRATES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SEA LEVEL;

SLOPE STABILITY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISSOLUTION; EUSTACY; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OCEAN BASIN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SLOPE FAILURE; SUCCESSION; TURBIDITE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 77952673815     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0168-0     Document Type: Article

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