Regional variability of slope stability: Application to the Eel margin, California

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 305-321

  Lee, Homa ^a   Locat, Jacques ^b   Dartnell, Peter ^a   Israel, Kenneth ^a   Florence Wong, ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eel margin; Geotechnical properties; GIS; Sediment; Shear strength; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; GIS; GULLY; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SLOPE STABILITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033514271     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00120-0     Document Type: Article

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