The giant Ruatoria debris avalanche on the northern Hikurangi margin, New Zealand: Result of oblique seamount subduction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B9, 2001, Pages 19271-19297

  Collot, Jean Yves ^a   Lewis, Keith ^b   Lamarche, Geoffroy ^b   Lallemand, Serge ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; DEBRIS FLOW; QUATERNARY; SEAMOUNT; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBDUCTION; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

HIKURANGI MARGIN; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034777437     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb900004     Document Type: Article

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