Landslide and tsunami hazard at Yate volcano, Chile as an example of edifice destruction on strike-slip fault zones

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 559-574

  Watt, Sebastian F L ^a   Pyle, David M ^a   Naranjo, José A ^b   Mather, Tamsin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Edifice collapse; Liqui e Ofqui fault zone; Strike slip; Tsunami; Volcanic landslide; Yate volcano

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FAULT ZONE; GLACIAL EROSION; LANDSLIDE; STRATOVOLCANO; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TSUNAMI;

CHILE; LOS LAGOS; SOUTH AMERICA; YATE VOLCANO;

CABRERA; EUCALYPTUS CORNUTA;

EID: 67649984594     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-008-0242-x     Document Type: Article

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