Submarine evidence for large-scale debris avalanches in the Lesser Antilles Arc

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-157

  Deplus, Christine ^a   Le Friant, Anne ^a   Boudon, Georges ^a   Komorowski, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Villemant, Benoit ^a   Harford, Chloe ^c   Ségoufin, Jacques ^a   Cheminée, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Observatoire Volcanologique de la Soufrière IPGP   (Guadeloupe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collapse structures; Debris avalanches; Island arcs; Lesser Antilles

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; ISLAND ARC; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; VOLCANO;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0034751470     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00444-7     Document Type: Article

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