Recursive failure of the Gulf of Mexico continental slope: Timing and causes

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 3rd International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 209-219

  Urgeles, R ^a   Locat, J ^b   Dugan, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Mass transport deposits; Overpressure; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TIMING CIRCUITS;

DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHODS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDROSTATIC CONDITIONS; MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSIT; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; OVERPRESSURE; RECURRENCE INTERVALS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 84986222859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6512-5_22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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