New evidence of slope instability in the Outardes Bay delta area, Quebec, Canada

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 233-242

  Duchesne, M J ^a   Long, B F ^a   Urgeles, R ^b   Locat, J ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; MASS WASTING; SEISMIC DATA; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

CANADA; OUTARDES BAY; QUEBEC;

EID: 0038331878     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-003-0121-6     Document Type: Article

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