TY - CHAP
T1 - Large submarine slides on the NE Faeroe continental margin
AU - Van Weering, Tjeerd C.E.
AU - Nielsen, Tøve
AU - Kenyon, Neil H.
AU - Akentieva, Katja
AU - Kuijpers, Antoon H.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - High-resolution seismic profiles of the NE Faeroe margin show large-scale slumping and sliding of the middle and lower continental slope, affecting sediments of presumed Miocene, Pliocene and Quaternary age. Mass-flow deposits on the upper slope are partially covered by more recent deposits, presumed to be contourites. A TOBI deep-tow side-scan sonar mosaic, in combination with deep-towed penetrating echosounder results, shows that the slump complex on the upper slope consists of a buried slide scar, bottleneck slides, debris-flow lobes and a number of shallow slides. Sliding at the middle and lower continental slope seems more recent and shows a steep, irregular main slump scar and very large, intact, angular blocks. The base of the slide at the lower continental slope shows numerous narrow and diverging tracks, 10-15 km length, that end at individual blocks. Several types of debris flows have been mapped, some with longitudinal flow fabrics.
AB - High-resolution seismic profiles of the NE Faeroe margin show large-scale slumping and sliding of the middle and lower continental slope, affecting sediments of presumed Miocene, Pliocene and Quaternary age. Mass-flow deposits on the upper slope are partially covered by more recent deposits, presumed to be contourites. A TOBI deep-tow side-scan sonar mosaic, in combination with deep-towed penetrating echosounder results, shows that the slump complex on the upper slope consists of a buried slide scar, bottleneck slides, debris-flow lobes and a number of shallow slides. Sliding at the middle and lower continental slope seems more recent and shows a steep, irregular main slump scar and very large, intact, angular blocks. The base of the slide at the lower continental slope shows numerous narrow and diverging tracks, 10-15 km length, that end at individual blocks. Several types of debris flows have been mapped, some with longitudinal flow fabrics.
KW - Geology
KW - Faroe Islands
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032453436&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.129.01.02
DO - 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.129.01.02
M3 - Chapter in book
AN - SCOPUS:0032453436
T3 - Geological Society Special Publication
SP - 5
EP - 17
BT - Geological processes on continental margins: Sedimentation, mass-wasting and stability
PB - Geological Society of London
ER -