Detached and shelf-attached mass transport complexes on the magdalena deepwater fan

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences - 4th International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 593-606

  Romero Otero, G A ^a   Slatt, R M ^a   Pirmez, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Shell International e and P   (United States)

Author keywords

GLORIA sidescan sonar; Mass transport complexes; Multibeam bathymetry; Submarine fan; Thrust belts

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GAS HYDRATES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SONAR; SUBMARINES;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEEP-WATER CHANNELS; HYDRATE DISSOLUTION; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; SIDE SCAN SONAR; SUBMARINE FANS; THRUST BELTS;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 84903483740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3071-9_48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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