Sea-level-induced seismicity and submarine landslide occurrence

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 979-982

  Brothers, Daniel S ^a   Luttrell, Karen M ^b   Chaytor, Jason D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; COULOMB FAILURE STRESS; FAULT REACTIVATION; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSIT; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

METHANE; SEA LEVEL; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

LOADING;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; COULOMB CRITERION; EMPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; FLEXURE; MASS TRANSPORT; METHANE; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RUPTURE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMICITY; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE FAN; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRANSGRESSION; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 84882963906     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34410.1     Document Type: Article

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