The Saharan debris flow: An insight into the mechanics of long runout submarine debris flows

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 317-335

  Gee, M J R ^a   Masson, D G ^b   Watts, A B ^a   Allen, P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Long runout; Low friction; Mass wasting; Two phase debris flow

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; MASS MOVEMENT; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033025579     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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