Relationships between sediment mass-failure modes and magnitudes in the evolution of the scotian slope, offshore Nova Scotia

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1919-1932

  Campbell, D Calvin ^a   Shimeld, John W ^a   Mosher, David C ^a   Piper, David J W ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; REGIONAL PLANNING;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL RISE; DEGLACIATIONS; GLACIAL PERIOD; LARGE AMOUNTS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84896970843     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/16743-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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