A critical test of the concept of submarine equilibrium profile

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-47

  Georgiopoulou, Aggeliki ^a,b   Cartwright, Joseph A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fault linkage; Nile Delta; Normal fault; Submarine channel; Submarine equilibrium profile

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM PROFILES; FAULT LINKAGE; NILE DELTA; NORMAL FAULTS; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EROSION; FAULTING;

SUBMARINES;

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; NORMAL FAULT; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TURBIDITE;

EGYPT; NILE DELTA;

EID: 84873988097     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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