Investigation of mass wasting on the continental slope and rise

Marine Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 355-366

  Silva, A J ^a   Baxter, C D P ^a   Larosa, P T ^b   Bryant, W R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b HART CROWSER INC   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geotechnical; Piston coring; Slope stability; Submarine landslides

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MARINE APPLICATIONS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

GEOTECHNICAL SAMPLING; SUBMARINE SLOPE INSTABILITY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL RISE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MASS WASTING; SAMPLING; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

EID: 1642486454     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00315-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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