Classification of offshore mass movements

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-57

  Mulder, Thierry ^a,b   Cochonat, Pierre ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MASS MOVEMENT; PLASTIC FLOW; SUBMARINE SLIDE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

EID: 0029828180     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42682AC-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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