Triggering mechanisms of slope instability and their relationship to earthquakes and tsunamis

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 1865-1877

  Wright, S G ^a   Rathje, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Geotechnical engineering; Slope stability; Submarine slides; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TSUNAMI;

EID: 0141924273     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2410-4     Document Type: Article

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