Submarine slope failures along the convergent continental margin of the Middle America Trench

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Harders, Rieka ^a   Ranero, César R ^b   Weinrebe, Wilhelm ^a   Behrmann, Jan H ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

convergent margin; landslides; slope failure; subduction erosion; submarine mass wasting; tectonics

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; GAS HYDRATES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SLOPE PROTECTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

CANYON WALLS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; COSTA RICA; EARTHQUAKE SHAKING; EL SALVADOR; GUATEMALA; HEADWALLS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LARGE PARTS; MASS WASTING; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; NICARAGUA; OCEAN PLATES; OPTIMAL SETTING; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; RECURRENCE TIME; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SLOPE FAILURE; SONAR DATA; SUBDUCTION EROSION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SUBMARINE SLOPES; TECTONIC PROCESS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BATHYMETRY; CANYON; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; EROSION; GAS HYDRATE; GRABEN; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; MASS WASTING; NORMAL FAULT; RELIEF; SEAFLOOR; SEAMOUNT; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TECTONICS;

COSTA RICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; NICARAGUA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79959701829     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003401     Document Type: Article

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