Geology and tsunamigenic potential of submarine landslides in Santa Barbara Channel, Southern California

Marine Geology

Volumn 224, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Fisher, Michael A ^a   Normark, William R ^a   Greene, H Gary ^b   Lee, Homa J ^a   Sliter, Ray W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Landslide; Mass wasting; Structural controls; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINES; DELTAIC DEPOSITS; MASS WASTING; STRUCTURAL CONTROLS;

BATHYMETRY; HAZARDS; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STRATIGRAPHY; TSUNAMIS;

LANDSLIDES;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MASS WASTING; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 27644492497     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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