Tectonics and slumping in the source region of the 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami from seismic reflection images

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 1945-1968

  Sweet, S ^a   Silver, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas hydrates; Seismic reflection; Submarine slides; Tectonics; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GAS HYDRATE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TECTONIC SETTING; TSUNAMI;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0141924292     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2415-z     Document Type: Article

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