Submarine landslides at subduction margins: Insights from physical models

Tectonophysics

Volumn 484, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 156-167

  Yamada, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamashita, Yoshihiko ^a   Yamamoto, Yuzuru ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analog model; Digital image correlation; Lateral migration of slides; Slope failure; Subduction margin; Submarine landslide

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODELS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; LATERAL MIGRATION; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSLIDES; MODELS; PRISMS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

IMAGING METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; MODELING; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

EID: 77649191262     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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