Search results for "Swath bathymetry"

showing 2 items of 2 documents

Submarine Slope Failures Along the Northern Sicilian Continental Margin (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea) and Possible Implications for Geo-Hazard

2013

Mass wasting and downslope movements are common processes that have contributed to shape the northern Sicilian continental margin (southern Tyrrhenian Sea) since the Late Quaternary. Nevertheless, processes controlling their evolution are still partially unknown and a variety of geologic factors can be responsible for their formation. In this work we present an overview of the main mass wasting features (submarine canyons, landslides, debris flows) observed and mapped in different sectors of the northern Sicilian margin. The margin is characterized by a narrow, steep continental shelf (1-2°) and a very irregular and steep (6-8°) upper slope. The main aims of this work are: (1) to outline th…

southern Tyrrhenian Seageographygeography.geographical_feature_categorySettore GEO/02 - Geologia Stratigrafica E SedimentologicaLandslideSubmarine canyonMass wastingsubmarine slope failurelanguage.human_languagePaleontologyTectonicsContinental marginlanguageSubmarine pipelineQuaternaryslope failure swath bathymetry geohazard southern Tyrrheniangeo-hazardSicilianGeomorphologyGeology
researchProduct

Submarine canyons of north-western Sicily (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea): Variability in morphology, sedimentary processes and evolution on a tectonically…

2014

Special issue Submarine Canyons: Complex Deep-Sea Environments Unravelled by Multidisciplinary Research.-- 13 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables

Canyongeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryTectonicsSubmarine canyonOceanographylanguage.human_languageOceanographyPassive marginSouthern Tyrrhenian SeaSubmarine canyonslanguageSedimentary rockSwath bathymetrySeismic dataGlacial periodQuaternarySicilySicilianLandslidesGeologySubmarine landslideDeep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
researchProduct