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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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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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