Turbidite record of frequency and source of large volume (>100 km 3) Canary Island landslides in the last 1.5 Ma: Implications for landslide triggers and geohazards

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2100-2123

  Hunt, J E ^a   Wynn, R B ^a   Talling, P J ^a   Masson, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; Canary Islands; submarine landslide; turbidite; volcaniclastic

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TIN DEPOSITS;

CANARY ISLANDS; CLIMATE CONDITION; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; TURBIDITE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSITS; VOLCANICLASTICS;

LANDSLIDES;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; INTERGLACIAL; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TURBIDITE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; HIERRO; MADEIRA ABYSSAL PLAIN; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 84883561861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20139     Document Type: Article

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