Seismic triggering of landslides and turbidity currents offshore Portugal

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Masson, D G ^a   Arzola, R G ^a,b   Wynn, R B ^a   Hunt, J E ^a   Weaver, P P E ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Atlantic Petroleum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

palaeoseismicity; submarine canyon; turbidites

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TURBIDITY;

ABYSSAL PLAINS; ACTIVE AREA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEPWATER BASINS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE INTERVALS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; HOLOCENES; LANDSLIDING; OFFSHORE LOCATIONS; PALAEOSEISMICITY; PORTUGAL; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SEISMIC TRIGGERING; SOURCE AREA; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITES; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EARTHQUAKES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP WATER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EMPLACEMENT; EROSION; LANDSLIDE; OCEAN BASIN; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84055197802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003839     Document Type: Article

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