Landslides and the evolution of El Hierro in the Canary Islands

Marine Geology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 271-293

  Gee, Martin J R ^a,d   Watts, Anthony B ^a   Masson, Douglas G ^b   Mitchell, Neil C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of New Brunswick ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Debris avalanche; Landslide; Oceanic island; Slump

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC DATA;

DEBRIS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MORPHOLOGY; SONAR;

LANDSLIDES;

LANDSLIDE; SLOPE STABILITY; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANO;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0035879268     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00153-0     Document Type: Article

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