Understanding the high mobility of subaqueous debris flows

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-284

  De Blasio, Fabio V ^b   Elverhøi, Anders ^b   Engvik, Lars E ^a   Issler, Dieter ^b   Gauer, Peter ^b   Harbitz, Carl ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESION; COHESIONLESS SEDIMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS FLOW; MOBILITY; MUDFLOW; SANDY CLAY; SUBMARINE FAN;

EID: 34249723719     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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