The effect of mass-transport deposits on the younger slope morphology, offshore Brazil

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2027-2036

  Alves, Tiago M ^a   Cartwright, Joseph A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Mass transport deposits; Remnant blocks; Slope instability

Indexed keywords

3D SEISMIC; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIFFERENTIAL COMPACTION; INSTABILITY EVENTS; LATE NEOGENE; MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSIT; REMNANT BLOCKS; SEA FLOOR; SLOPE INSTABILITY; SLOPE MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL DATAS; STRUCTURAL TRAPS; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; UPLIFTED AREAS;

COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; INFILTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

STABILITY;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA INTERPRETATION; MASS TRANSPORT; NEOGENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PASSIVE MARGIN; QUATERNARY; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SLOPE STABILITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 77957862006     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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