Emerging insights into the dynamics of submarine debris flows

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 633-648

  Elverhøi, Anders ^a,c   Issler, D ^a,c   De Blasio, F V ^a,c   Ilstad, T ^a,d   Harbitz, C B ^b,c   Gauer, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c International Centre for Geohazards   (Norway)

^d Reinertsen Engineering AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

EID: 27644505382     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-5-633-2005     Document Type: Article

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