Conceptual and numerical modeling of the BIG'95 debris flow, western Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 784-797

  Lastras, Galderic ^a   Del Blasio, Fabio Vittorio ^b   Canals, Miquel ^a   Elverhøi, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FRICTION; YIELD STRESS;

COHESIVE MATERIALS; INTERACTION FORCES; INTERNAL COHERENCE; INTERNAL FRICTION ANGLE; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; THEORETICAL VALUES; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEBRIS FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 28244467437     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.063     Document Type: Article

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