TitleDistinguishing sediment bedforms from sediment deformation in prodeltas of the Mediterranean Sea.
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsUrgeles R, Cattaneo A, Puig P, Liquete C, De Mol B, Sultan N, Trincardi F
EditorYamada Y, Kawamura K, Ikehara K, Ogawa Y, Urgeles R, Mosher D, Chaytor J, Strasser M
Book TitleSubmarine Mass Movement and Their Consequences, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
Pagination233–244
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
CityDordrecht
ISBN Number978-94-007-2161-6
KeywordsProdeltas, Sediment bedforms, slope failure, Undulated sediments
AbstractMost Mediterranean prodeltas show undulated sediments on the foresets of their Holocene wedges. These features have been described all along the Mediterranean and interpreted as either soft sediment deformation or, more recently, as sediment bedforms. We present a detailed analysis of these features using ultrahighresolution seismic and bathymetric data, as well as geotechnical information and hydrodynamic time series and hydrographic transects. We show that the characteristics of the sediment undulations (morphology and configuration of the reflections down section and between adjacent undulations) are incompatible with a genesis by sediment deformation. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012.
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DOI10.1007/978-94-007-2162-3