Varieties of submarine failure morphologies of seismically-induced landslides in Alaskan fjords

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-230

  Lee, Homo ^a   Ryan, Holly ^b   Kayen, Robert E ^b   Haeussler, Peter J ^b   Dartnell, Peter ^b   Hampton, Monty A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FJORD; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GREAT ALASKA EARTHQUAKE 1964; NOAA SATELLITE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI;

ALASKA; ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; NORTH AMERICA; SEWARD PENINSULA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VALDES PENINSULA;

EID: 34249747831     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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