Slope destabilization during the Messinian Salinity Crisis

Geomorphology

Volumn 213, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-138

  Gargani, Julien ^a   Bache, François ^b   Jouannic, Gwenael ^a,c   Gorini, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c CETE Est LRPC   (France)

^d Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

Landslide; Mediterranean; Messinian salinity crisis; Oversteepening; Pore pressure

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; LANDSLIDE; MESSINIAN; PORE PRESSURE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84898056334     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.12.042     Document Type: Article

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