Acoustic structure and recent sediment transport processes on the continental slope of Yesilirmak River fan, Eastern Black Sea

DONDURUR D., ÇİFCİ G.

MARINE GEOLOGY, vol.237, pp.37-53, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 237
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.035
  • Journal Name: MARINE GEOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.37-53
  • Keywords: submarine canyons, erosional processes, slope stability, rotational faults, TECTONIC EVOLUTION, HUMBOLDT SLIDE, DEEP, WAVES, STABILITY, FAILURE, CANYON, BASIN, VARIABILITY, MORPHOLOGY
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

High-resolution acoustic data indicate that sediment erosion is a significant process in the continental slope of Yesilirmak River Fan, occurring both related to the submarine canyons and in the open continental slope. The sediment processes observed along the slope consist of sliding and debris flows on the canyon walls together with the recent erosional surfaces at the canyon heads wherever the canyons exist, and slides and related scarp features structurally controlled by rotational faults in the central part of the open continental slope.