Back-analysis and failure mechanisms of a large submarine slide on the ebro slope, NW Mediterranean

Marine Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 185-206

  Urgeles, Roger ^a   Leynaud, Didier ^b   Lastras, Galderic ^a   Canals, Miquel ^a   Mienert, Juergen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Debris flow; NW Mediterranean; Slope stability; Triggering mechanisms

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; NW MEDITERRANEAN; TRIGGERING MECHANISMS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY;

SUBMARINES;

SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 32644451782     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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