Deep sea in situ excess pore pressure and sediment deformation off NW Sumatra and its relation with the December 26, 2004 Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 823-837

  Sultan, Nabil ^a   Cattaneo, Antonio ^a   Sibuet, Jean Claude ^a   Schneider, Jean Luc ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Pore pressure; Slope failure; Sumatra; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEFORMATION; PORE PRESSURE; SLOPE FAILURE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; JAVA TRENCH; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 67349105974     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-008-0334-z     Document Type: Article

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