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Multichannel seismic line showing slope failure

By Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center 1977 (approx.)
Multichannel seismic line showing slope failures on the US Beaufort Margin
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1977 USGS multichannel seismic line showing slope failures on the US Beaufort Margin, the location that Kayen and Lee (1991) analyzed in their initial paper on submarine slides and gas hydrates. 

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