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Provedor de dados: 	5	
País: 	France	
Título: 	A geomechanical approach for the genesis of sediment undulations on the Adriatic shelf - art. no. Q04R03	
Autores: 	Sultan, Nabil; Cattaneo, Antonio; Urgeles, R; Lee, H; Locat, J; Trincardi, F; Berne, Serge; Canals, M; Lafuerza, S.	
Data: 	2008-04	
Ano: 	2008	
Palavras-chave: 	Sediment deformation; Shear strength; Earthquake; Adriatic shelf.	
Resumo: 	This study is among the first to examine the genesis of the seafloor and subsurface undulations on the Adriatic continental shelf by integrating stratigraphic information and in situ and laboratory geotechnical measurements. Interpretation of sediment behavior is based on a 32-m-long borehole crossing ( 1) a possible shear plane and ( 2) a silty clay layer at about 20 m below seafloor (mbsf) on which sediment undulations are rooted and could be interpreted as a potential weak layer succession. Our main results in terms of triggering mechanism for the observed undulations show that under an earthquake, liquefaction and/or failure of the silty-clay sediments ( weak layer) leading to deformation of the upper more cohesive sediments is possible only when such a layer is buried by less than 5 m. For greater burial thicknesses, this silty clay becomes stable under the confining lithostatic pressure exerted by the overlying sediment. This work shows that the seafloor and subsurface undulations observed in the study area are most probably the result of an early deformation process of the seafloor followed by a depositional process.	
Tipo: 	Text	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4105.pdf

DOI:10.1029/2007GC001822	
Editor: 	American Geophysical Union	
Relação: 	http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/4105/	
Formato: 	application/pdf	
Fonte: 	Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems - G3 (1525-2027) (American Geophysical Union), 2008-04 , Vol. 9 , N. 4 , P. NIL_1-NIL_25	
Fonte: 	2008 American Geophysical Union