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On the origin and flow behavior of submarine slides on deep-sea fans along the Norwegian–Barents Sea continental margin

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 Debris lobes with characteristic lengths, widths, and thickness of 30–200 km, 2–10 km, and 10–50 m, respectively, represent the main building blocks of deep-sea fans along the Norwegian–Barents Sea continental margin. Their formation is closely related to the input of clay-rich sediments to the upper continental slope by glaciers during periods of maximum ice advance. It is likely that slide release was a consequence of an instability arising from high sedimentation rates on the upper continental slope. The flow behavior of the debris lobes can be described by a Bingham flow model.

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  1. Department of Geology, Box 1047, University of Oslo, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway, , , , , , NO

    A. Elverhøi & E. S. Andersen

  2. Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Box 3930 Ullevaal Hageby, 0806 Oslo, Norway Present address: Dr. Ing Harald Norem Ltd. Fuglsetbakken 41, 6400 Molde, Norway, , , , , , NO

    H. Norem

  3. Centre for Glaciology, Institute of Earth Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DB Wales, UK, , , , , , GB

    J. A. Dowdeswell

  4. Department of Geology, University of Bergen, Allegt.41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway, , , , , , NO

    H. Haflidason, E. L. King & H. P. Sejrup

  5. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK, , , , , , GB

    N. H. Kenyon

  6. Institute of Biology and Geology, University of Tromsø, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway, , , , , , NO

    J. S. Laberg & T. Vorren

  7. Norwegian Polar Institute, P.O. Box 5072 Majorstua, N-0301 Oslo, Norway, , , , , , NO

    I. Fossen & A. Solheim

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Received: 17 November 1995 / Revision received: 24 June 1996

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Elverhøi, A., Norem, H., Andersen, E. et al. On the origin and flow behavior of submarine slides on deep-sea fans along the Norwegian–Barents Sea continental margin. Geo-Marine Letters 17, 119–125 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003670050016

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