Late pliocene mega debris flow deposit and related fluid escapes identified on the antarctic peninsula continental margin by seismic reflection data analysis

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-128

  Diviacco, P ^a   Rebesco, M ^a   Camerlenghi, A ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Debris flow; Late Pliocene; Margin instability; Polar margins; Sediment drift

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DEBRIS; EROSION; GAS HYDRATES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SILICA;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; DEBRIS FLOWS; LATE PLIOCENE; MARGIN INSTABILITIES; POLAR MARGINS; SEDIMENT DRIFT;

DEPOSITS;

EID: 84857399149     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-005-3136-8     Document Type: Article

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