Mienert / Weaver European Margin Sediment Dynamics

Side-Scan Sonar and Seismic Images
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-3-642-55846-7
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 309 Seiten, eBook

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mienert, Jürgen

Weaver, Phillip

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Summary of Geophysical Techniques.- The Norwegian Margin.- GLORIA Lang-Range Sidescan Sonar Mosaic of the North Norwegian Margin (67–75°N).- Large-Scale Slides on the North Norwegian Margin Imaged by GLORIA.- The Northern Storegga Slide Escarpment — Morphology and Features.- A Weak Layer Feature on the Northern Storegga Slide Escarpment.- Morphology of a Non-glacigenic Debris Flow Lobe in the Helland Hansen Area Investigated with 3D Seismic Data.- The Trænadjupet Slide: Sediment Disintegration and Flow.- Morphology and Acoustic Character of the Middle and Lower North Sea Fan.- Debris Flow Activity on the Bear Island and Trough Mouth Fan from GLORIA and 3.5 kHz Records..- Submarine Glacigenic Debris Flows on the Bear Island Trough Mouth Fan, Western Barents Sea: Aspects of Flow Behaviour.- Morphology of Glacigenic Debris Flows on the Upper North Sea Fan.- Canyon and Channel Systems in the Lofoten Basin, Norwegian Margin.- Morphology of the Lofoten Basin Channel.- The Lofoten Contourite Drift: High-Resolution Seismic Stratigraphy.- Gas Hydrates at Storegga Slide..- Seabed and Subsurface Features on the Southern Vøring Plateau and Northern Storegga Slide Escarpment.- The Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano.- The Faeroe-Shetland Margin.- Leng-Range Side-Scan Sonar Imagery of the North Faeroes Margin.- A Major Channel System on the North Faeroes Margin from Side-Scan Sonar Records.- A Record of Mid-Cenozoic Strong Deep-Water Erosion on the Faeroe-Shetland Channel.- Morphology of an Ice-Sheet Limit and Constructional Glacially-Fed Slope Front, Faeroe-Shetland Channel.- Sandy Contourites and Pathways of the Norwegian Sea Overflow Water, West of the Faeroe Bank Channel.- The Rockall-Porcupine Margin.- Images of Sliding and Slumping Along the Porcupine and SW Rockall TroughMargins.- Holocene Shelf-Margin Submarine Landslides, Donegal Fan, Eastern Rockall Trough.- Canyon Heads and Channel Architecture of the Gollum Channel, Porcupine Seabight.- The Continental Rise West of Porcupine Seabight, Northeast Atlantic.- Growth and Partial Destruction of a Neogene Sediment Drift, Western Rockall Trough.- Development of a Sediment Drift: Feni Drift, NE Atlantic Margin.- Giant Carbonate Mounds and Current-Swept Seafloors on the Slopes of the Southern Rockall Trough.- Giant Carbonate Mounds Along the Porcupine and SW Rockall Trough Margins.- Mounds and Sediment Drift in the Porcupine Basin, West of Ireland.- The Celtic and Armorican Margins — a New View.- Morphology and Seismic Stratigraphy of the Manche Paleoriver System, Western Approaches.- The Celtic Deep-Sea Fan: Seismic Facies, Architecture and Stratigraphy.- Morphology and Depositional Processes of the Celtic Fan, Bay of Biscay.- Physiography of the Armorican Turbidite System (Bay of Biscay).- The Iberian and Canaries Margin including NW Africa.- Sediment Dynamic Features on the Eastern Gulf of Cadiz (SW Spain).- Reassessment of Sedimentary Evidence for Deep Contour Currents West of Iberia.- Debris Avalanche Deposits on the Flanks of the Canary Islands: Contrasts Between El Hierro and Tenerife.- Flow Processes in the Saharan Debris Plow.- Turbidity Current Processes and Deposits in the Moroccan Turbidite System.- Oligocene to Recent Processes on the Agadir Continental Margin and Basin (Central Eastern Atlantic).- Canyon Switching in the Moroccan Turbidite System, Northwest African Margin.- Large-Scale Slides on the Flanks of the Canary Islands.- Giant Landslides off the Islands of La Palma.- El Hierro: Shaping of an Oceanic Island by Mass Wasting.