The Stromboli 2002 tsunamigenic submarine slide: Characteristics and possible failure mechanisms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Chiocci, Francesco L ^a,b   Romagnoli, Claudia ^c   Tommasi, Paolo ^d   Bosman, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE MECHANISM; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TSUNAMI EVENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STROMBOLI;

SCIARA;

EID: 57649193146     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005172     Document Type: Article

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