Submarine landslides

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-59

  Hampton, Monty A ^a   Lee, Homa J ^a   Locat, Jacques ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR FLOW; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WATER WAVES;

ACOUSTIC REFLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOLOGIC MATERIALS; RUNOUT DISTANCES; SIDE SCAN SONAR IMAGE; SLOPE-FORMING MATERIALS; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

LANDSLIDES;

EARTHQUAKE; LANDSLIDES; LOADING MECHANISMS; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE STABILITY; STORM WAVE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

EID: 0029749172     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RG03287     Document Type: Article

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