Submarine mass movements on an active fault system in the central Gulf of Corinth

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 3rd International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 67-75

  Charalampakis, M ^a   Stefatos, A ^b   Hasiotis, T ^c   Ferentinos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Rocksource ASA   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Canyon; Corinth Gulf; Escarpment; Fault bounded margin; Submarine failures; Xylocastro

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMOLOGY;

BASIN-BOUNDING FAULTS; CANYON; CORINTH GULF; ESCARPMENT; SEISMIC PROFILES; SUBMARINE CANYON; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION; XYLOCASTRO;

SUBMARINES;

EID: 84986214307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6512-5_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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