Submarine mass-wasting on glacially-influenced continental slopes: Processes and dynamics

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 203, Issue , 2002, Pages 73-87

  Elverhøi, Anders ^a   De Blasio, Fabio V ^a,b   Butt, Faisal A ^a,f   Issler, Dieter ^c   Harbitz, Carl ^b   Engvik, Lars ^d   Solheim, Anders ^b   Marr, Jeffrey ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NaDesCo R   (Switzerland)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEBRIS FLOW; FLUID DYNAMICS; MASS WASTING; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

EID: 0037768874     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.203.01.05     Document Type: Article

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