Mass wasting processes along the Owen Ridge (Northwest Indian Ocean)

Marine Geology

Volumn 326-328, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-100

  Rodriguez, Mathieu ^a,b   Fournier, Marc ^a   Chamot Rooke, Nicolas ^b   Huchon, Philippe ^a   Zaragosi, Sébastien ^c   Rabaute, Alain ^a  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Indian Ocean; Owen Fracture Zone; Owen Ridge; Strike slip fault; Submarine landslides

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; FRACTURE ZONE; INDIAN OCEAN; OWEN RIDGE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

SEDIMENTATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BATHYMETRY; FAULT; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; MORPHOMETRY; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OWEN RIDGE;

EID: 84868208581     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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