An interdisciplinary investigation of a recent submarine mass transport deposit at the continental margin off Uruguay

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Henkel, Susann ^a,h   Strasser, Michael ^b   Schwenk, Tilmann ^b   Hanebuth, Till J J ^b   Hüsener, Johannes ^c   Arnold, Gail L ^d   Winkelmann, Daniel ^e   Formolo, Michael ^f   Tomasini, Juan ^g   Krastel, Sebastian ^e   Kasten, Sabine ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^g Administración Nacional de Combustibles Alcoholes y Portland ^*  (Uruguay)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

continental margin; pore water geochemistry; slope stability; submarine mass transport

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; LANDSLIDES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE PROTECTION; SUBMARINES; WATER;

BACK ANALYSIS; BIO-IRRIGATION; COASTAL AREA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ECHO SOUNDERS; EXCESS PORE PRESSURE; FAILURE EVENTS; GEOCHEMICAL METHODS; GEOTECHNICAL; GRADIENT CHANGE; GROUND ACCELERATIONS; MASS MOVEMENT; MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSIT; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NONSTEADY STATE; OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTIONS; PALEOSURFACE; PORE WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; PORE WATERS; RE-EQUILIBRATION; SLOPE FAILURE; STUDY AREAS; URUGUAY;

INVESTMENTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS TRANSPORT; POREWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; SUBMARINE SLOPE; SULFATE;

URUGUAY;

EID: 84860395757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003669     Document Type: Article

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