Submarine landslides around the Canary Islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B3, 2001, Pages 3977-3997

  Krastel, Sebastian ^a,b   Schmincke, Hans Ulrich ^a   Jacobs, Colin L ^c   Rihm, Roland ^a   Le Bas, Timothy P ^c   Alibés, Barbara ^d,e  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e National Geographic   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; SIDESCAN SONAR; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0034952224     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900413     Document Type: Article

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