Undersea landslides: Extent and significance in the Pacific Ocean, an update

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 877-892

  Lee, H J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 30844458354     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-5-877-2005     Document Type: Article

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