Growth and mass wasting of volcanic centers in the northern South Sandwich arc, South Atlantic, revealed by new multibeam mapping

Marine Geology

Volumn 275, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 110-126

  Leat, Philip T ^a   Tate, Alex J ^a   Tappin, David R ^b   Day, Simon J ^c   Owen, Matthew J ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Island arc; Multibeam bathymetry; Sediment wave; South Sandwich Islands; Sub bottom profiling; Submarine volcano

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC DATA; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; ISLAND ARC; LAVA FLOWS; MASS FLOW; MASS WASTING; MULTI-BEAM; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; SEAMOUNT CHAINS; SEDIMENT WAVES; SONAR DATA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; STRATOVOLCANOES; SUBDUCTION EROSION; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TURBIDITY CURRENT; VOLCANIC ARC; VOLCANIC CENTERS; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; BATHYMETRY; BUILDINGS; DEBRIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TURBIDITY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

VOLCANOES;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; MAPPING METHOD; MASS WASTING; SEAMOUNT; SEDIMENT WAVE; SONAR; SUBDUCTION; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TURBIDITY; VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA;

EID: 77955269979     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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