Humboldt slide - A large shear-dominated retrogressive slope failure

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 323-338

  Gardner, James V ^a   Prior, David B ^b   Field, Michael E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Continental slope; Northern California; Quaternary sediments; Slope sedimentation; Submarine failure; Submarine slide

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033514327     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00121-2     Document Type: Article

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