Slope stability assessment of the Helland Hansen area offshore the mid-Norwegian margin

Marine Geology

Volumn 213, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 457-480

  Leynaud, D ^a   Mienert, J ^a   Nadim, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Intl Ctr Geohazards/Norwegian G   (Norway)

Author keywords

finite element; first and second order reliability methods; limit equilibrium; risk assessment; slope failure; Storegga slide

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTORS (BSR); FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD (FORM); SECOND ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD (SORM); SUBMARINE SLIDES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LANDSLIDES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PORE PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH;

SLOPE STABILITY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; STOREGGA SLIDE; WORLD;

EID: 10644267808     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.10.019     Document Type: Article

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