Sediment stability on the western flanks of the Canary Islands

Marine Geology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 13-30

  Roberts, John A ^a   Cramp, Adrian ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; HORIZONTAL GROUND ACCELERATION; ISLAND SLOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; OVERCONSOLIDATION; SEDIMENT STABILITY; SUBMARINE SLOPE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST); CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0030222667     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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