Tephra layers: A controlling factor on submarine translational sliding?

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Harders, Rieka ^a   Kutterolf, Steffen ^a   Hensen, Christian ^a   Moerz, Tobias ^b   Brueckmann, Warner ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Submarine landslides; Mass wasting; Ash layers; Liquefaction; Translational sliding; Permeability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953167971     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002844     Document Type: Article

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