Large-scale basement-involved landslides, California continental borderland

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 2033-2051

  Legg, M R ^a   Kamerling, M J ^b  

^a Legg Geophysical   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margin geology; Submarine landslides; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TSUNAMI;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141993435     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2418-9     Document Type: Article

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