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Locat, J., Lee, H.J., Nelson, C.H., Schwab, W.C., and Twichell, D.C., 1996, Analysis of the mobility of far reaching debris flows on the Mississippi Fan, Gulf of Mexico, in Senneset, K., ed., Balkema, A.A., Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Landslides, Trondheim, Norway, Rotterdam, v. 1, p. 555-560.

McGregor, B.A., Rothwell, R.G., Kenyon, N.H., and Twichell, D.C., 1993, Salt tectonics and slope failure in an area of salt domes in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, in Schwab, W.C., Lee, H.J., and Twichell, D.C., eds., Submarine Landslides: Selected Studies in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 2002, p. 92-96.

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Nelson, C.H., Twichell, D.C., Schwab, W.C., Lee, H.J., and Kenyon, N.H., 1992, Late Pleistocene turbidite sand beds and chaotic silt beds in the channelized distal outer fan lobes of Mississippi Fan: Geology, v. 20, p. 693-696.

Paskevich, V.F., 2000, Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar geologic interpretation: ArcView Data coverages: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-019, CD-ROM.

Paskevich, V., Twichell, D., and Schwab, W., 2001, SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar mosaic, cores, and depositional interpretation of the Mississippi Fan: ArcView GIS data release: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-352, CD-ROM.

Paull, C.K., Spiess, F.N., Curray, J.R., and Twichell, D.C., 1990, Origin of Florida Canyon and the role of spring sapping on the formation of submarine box canyons: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 102, p. 502-515.

Paull, C.K., Twichell, D.C., Spiess, F.N., and Curray, J.R., 1991, Morphological development of the Florida Escarpment: observations on the generation of time transgressive unconformities in carbonate terrains: Marine Geology, v. 101, p 181-201.

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Schwab, W.C., Lee, H.J., Twichell, D.C., Locat, J., Nelson, C.H., McArthur, W.G., and Kenyon, N.H., 1996, Sediment mass flow processes on a depositional lobe, outer Mississippi Fan: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 66, p. 916-927.

Twichell, D.C., Parson, L.M., and Paull, C.K., 1990, Variations in the styles of erosion along the Florida Escarpment, eastern Gulf of Mexico: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 7, p. 253-266.

Twichell, D.C., Paull, C.K., and Parson, L.M., 1991a, Terraces on the Florida Escarpment: Implications for erosional processes: Geology, v. 19, p. 897-900.

Twichell, D.C., Kenyon, N.H., Parson, L.M., and McGregor, B.A., 1991b, Depositional patterns of the Mississippi Fan surface: Evidence from GLORIA II and high resolution seismic profiles, in Weimer, P. and Link, M.H., eds., Seismic Facies and Sedimentary Processes of Modern and Ancient Submarine Fans: Springer Verlag, New York, NY, p. 349-364.

Twichell, D.C., Schwab, W.C., Nelson, C.H., Lee, H.J., and Kenyon, N.H., 1992, Characteristics of a sandy depositional lobe on the outer Mississippi Fan from SeaMARC IA sidescan sonar images: Geology, v. 20, p. 689-692.

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Twichell, D.C., Schwab, W.C., and Kenyon, N.H., 1995, Geometry of sandy deposits at the distal edge of the Mississippi Fan, Gulf of Mexico, in Pickering, K.T., Hiscott, R.N., Kenyon, N.H., Ricci Lucchi F., and Smith, R.D.A., eds., Atlas of Deep-Water Environments: Architectural style in turbidite systems: Chapman and Hall, London, p. 282-286.

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Twichell, D.C., and Cooper, A.K., 2000, Relation between sea floor failures and gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico; a regional comparison: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, v. 9, p. A150.

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Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., and Paull, C.K., in press, Initial report of the IMAGES VIII/PAGE 127 gas hydrate and paleoclimate cruise on the RV Marion Dufresne in the Gulf of Mexico, 2-18 July, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1358, DVD-ROM.


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