Seismic triggering of submarine slides in soft cohesive soil deposits

Marine Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 341-354

  Biscontin, G ^a   Pestana, J M ^b   Nadim, F ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Slope stability; Soft clay; Soil deformation; Soil dynamics; Submarine landslides

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; STRAIN; STRESSES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TSUNAMIS;

COHESIVE SOIL DEPOSITS; SUBMARINE SLIDES;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

EARTHQUAKE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEISMICITY; SOFT SOIL; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 1642568024     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00314-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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