Mass-transport complex evolution in a tectonically active margin (Gioia Basin, Southeastern Tyrrhenian Sea)

Marine Geology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 98-110

  Gamberi, Fabiano ^a   Rovere, Marzia ^a   Marani, Michael ^a  

^a ISMAR UOS Bologna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channel levee wedge; Debris flow; Slump; Submarine landslide; Tectonic activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGINS; ASYMMETRIC LOADING; CHANNEL LEVEE WEDGE; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; COHERENT BLOCKS; COMPLEX EVOLUTIONS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIFFERENT MASS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FLOW SHEET; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSIT; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT WEDGE; SLOPE PROFILE; SLUMP; SMALL SCALE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; THRUST BELTS; TOE REGION; TYRRHENIAN SEA; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WESTERN SIDE;

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; LANDSLIDES; LEVEES; LITHOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

TECTONICS;

BELT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; LANDSLIDE; LEVEE; LITHOLOGY; MASS TRANSPORT; SEAFLOOR; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TURBIDITY; UPLIFT;

GIOIA BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 78650818277     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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