Landslides in the North Atlantic and its adjacent seas: An analysis of their morphology, setting and behaviour

Marine Geology

Volumn 213, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 343-362

  Huhnerbach V ^a   Masson, D G ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COSTA project; database; North Atlantic; slope failures; statistics

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE PARAMETERS; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TECTONIC ENVIRONMENTS;

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WATER WAVES;

LANDSLIDES;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 10644297459     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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