Large-scale slumps off southern India and Sri Lanka |
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Authors: | William Vestal Allen Lowrie |
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Institution: | (1) Geology and Geophysics Branch-Code 7220, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office NSTL Station, 39522, MS |
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Abstract: | Two suites of slumps from opposite margins of the Gulf of Mannar, between Sri Lanka and southern India, have met and coalesced.
The “Eastern Comorin” Slump is the more coherent of the two with a length of 70 to 100 km. The “Colombo” side slump consists
of two to four blocks 15 to 35 km in length. Both slump-suites decrease to the south. A paleoslump underlies the western toe
of the East Comorin Slump at a depth of some 800 meters. To the south, an enlarging and deepening submarine canyon marks the
area of slump coalescence. |
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