35. Serpentinite-Breccia Landslide Deposits Generated During Crustal Extension at the Iberia Margin

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

SUMMARY OF THE SITE 899 SERPENTINITE BRECCIAS

POSSIBLE ORIGINS FOR THE BRECCIA UNITS

CHARACTERISTICS OF ROCK-AVALANCHE DEPOSITS RESULTING FROM GIANT LANDSLIDES

Geometry

Grading/Sorting and Ghost Stratigraphy

Clast Characteristics

Matrix

Internal Slip Surfaces and Contact Relations

DISCUSSION

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

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