Potential geologic hazards and constraints for blocks in proposed South Atlantic OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 56
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George B. Carpenter
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Coincident sediment slump/clathrate complexes on the U.S. Atlantic continental slope
High-resolution seismic reflection data recorded on the continental slope off the east coast of the United States have revealed instances of sediment mass movement (slumps) which appear to occur above clathrate accumulations. The slumping is believed to be related to the liberation of free gas by clathrate decomposition and consequent weakening of unconsolidated sediments above the clathrate. Pleistocene sea-level lowering and/or post-Pleistocene bottom water temperature increases may have had a significant role in this process.
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Potential geologic hazards and constraints for blocks in Mid-Atlantic OCS oil and gas lease sale 40 (sale held August 17, 1976)
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