Turbiditic, clay-rich event beds in fjord-marine deposits caused by landslides in emerging clay deposits - palaeoenvironmental interpretation and role for submarine mass-wasting

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 890-915

  Hansen, Louise ^a   L'Heureux, Jean Sebastien ^b   Longva, Oddvar ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Event bed; Fjord; Landslide; Norway; Quick clay; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

EVENT BED; FJORD; NORWAY; QUICK CLAY; TURBIDITE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; LANDSLIDES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES;

CLAY DEPOSITS;

CLAY; DEFORMATION; FJORD; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TURBIDITE;

NIDELVA RIVER; NORWAY;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79956093698     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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