Quaternary mass wasting on the western Black Sea margin, offshore of Amasra

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 248-260

  Dondurur, Derman ^a   Küçük, H Mert ^a   Çifçi, Günay ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amasra mass failure zone; Debris flows; Gas hydrate dissociation; Sliding

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEBRIS; DISSOCIATION; EARTHQUAKES; GAS HYDRATES; HYDRATION; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINES; FLOW OF FLUIDS;

DEBRIS FLOWS; GRAVITATIONAL LOADING; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC DATA; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MASS FAILURES; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; SLIDING; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; SEDIMENTS;

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEBRIS FLOW; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS MOVEMENT; QUATERNARY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; CANYON; EROSION; SEAWATER; SLIDING;

AMASRA; BARTIN; BLACK SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 84878262836     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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