Tsunamigenic slope failure along the Middle America Trench in two tectonic settings

Marine Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 303-317

  Von Huene, R ^a,c   Ranero, C R ^a   Watts, P ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Applied Fluids Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America offshore; Natural hazards; Submarine landslides; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONES; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDES; SEISMOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY; TECTONICS;

HEADWALLS; SUBDUCTING PLATES;

TSUNAMIS;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI;

MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1642568045     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00312-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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