Large submarine landslides offshore Mt. Etna

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Pareschi, Maria Teresa ^a   Boschi, Enzo ^a   Mazzarini, Francesco ^a   Favalli, Massimiliano ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEBRIS; LANDSLIDES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; VOLCANOES;

AVALANCHE DEPOSITS; LANDSLIDE DEPOSITS; MULTIPLE SUBMARINES;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DEPOSITION; SEISMIC DATA; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; VOLCANO;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALLE DEL BOVE;

EID: 33845675627     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026064     Document Type: Article

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