Successive, large mass-transport deposits in the south Kermadec fore-arc basin, New Zealand: The matakaoa submarine instability complex

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Lamarche, Geoffroy ^a   Joanne, Cathy ^b   Collot, Jean Yves ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Debris avalanche; Debris flow; Hikurangi Margin; Raukumara Basin; Slump; Submarine landslide

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749105877     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001843     Document Type: Article

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