TY - ECHAP
KW - Earth and Environmental Science
AU - Aggeliki Georgiopoulou
AU - Sebastian Krastel
AU - Douglas Masson
AU - Russell Wynn
AU - Vasilis Lykousis
AU - Dimitris Sakellariou
AU - Jacques Locat
AU - V. Lykousis
AU - Dimitris Sakellariou
AU - Jacques Locat
AB - The Sahara Slide occurred approximately at 50-59 Ka offshore Western Sahara in a mid-slope setting (1900 m water-depth). The existence of several buried and stacked slide events, seen on high resolution seismic profiles, provide new insights into slide location and triggering mechanisms. Buried slide scarps coincide remarkably with scarps and boundaries of the Sahara Slide, presently exposed on the seafloor. The objectives of this work are to examine the long-term stability of this part of the margin and investigate the triggering mechanism(s) that led to these massive events.
N2 - The Sahara Slide occurred approximately at 50-59 Ka offshore Western Sahara in a mid-slope setting (1900 m water-depth). The existence of several buried and stacked slide events, seen on high resolution seismic profiles, provide new insights into slide location and triggering mechanisms. Buried slide scarps coincide remarkably with scarps and boundaries of the Sahara Slide, presently exposed on the seafloor. The objectives of this work are to examine the long-term stability of this part of the margin and investigate the triggering mechanism(s) that led to these massive events.
PB - Springer Netherlands
PY - 2007
SN - 978-1-4020-6512-5
SP - 29
EP - 36
TI - Repeated Instability Of The Nw African Margin Related To Buried Landslide Scarps.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6512-5_4
VL - 27
ER -