Numerical analysis of the mobility of the Palos Verdes debris avalanche, California, and its implication for the generation of tsunamis

Marine Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 269-280

  Locat, Jacques ^a   Lee, Homa J ^b   Locat, Pascal ^a   Imran, Jasim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Failure; Marine geo hazards; Mobility; Modeling; Rheology; Rock avalanche; Submarine mass movements; Tsunami; Yield strength

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEISMOLOGY; SHORE PROTECTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT;

TSUNAMIS;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; EARTHQUAKE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TSUNAMI;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PALOS VERDES SHELF;

EID: 1642527218     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00310-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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