A tsunami generated by a possible submarine slide: Evidence for slope failure triggered by the north anatolian fault movement

Natural Hazards

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-306

  Minoura, K ^a   Imamura, F ^a   Kuran, U ^b   Nakamura, T ^c   Papadopoulos, G A ^d   Sugawara, D ^a   Takahashi, T ^e   Yalciner, A C ^f  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Disaster Affairs   (Turkey)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Marmara Sea; Submarine slide; Tsunami deposit

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY; WORLD;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 27744536748     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-005-0319-1     Document Type: Article

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