Mass-transport deposits in the northern Ecuador subduction trench: Result of frontal erosion over multiple seismic cycles

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 89-102

  Ratzov, Gueorgui ^a   Collot, Jean Yves ^a   Sosson, Marc ^a   Migeon, Sebastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Erosion; Mass transport deposit; Seismic cycle; Subduction; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CONVERGENT MARGIN; ECUADOR; EROSION MASS; LONG-TERM DEFORMATION; MAIN EVENT; MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSIT; MULTIPLE EARTHQUAKE CYCLES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SUBBASINS; SUBDUCTION EARTHQUAKES; SUBDUCTION TRENCH; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TECTONIC EROSION; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS;

DEPOSITS; GAS HYDRATES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; CORRELATION; DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EROSION RATE; MASS TRANSPORT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRENCH; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TURBIDITE;

ECUADOR;

EID: 77953808818     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.048     Document Type: Article

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