A simple and efficient GIS tool for volume calculations of submarine landslides

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 541-547

  Völker, David Julius ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC IDEA; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTACT SURFACES; LAND SURFACE; METEORITE IMPACT; NAMIBIA; NICARAGUA; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SLIDE SCAR; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; SURFACE STUDY; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLUME CALCULATION; VOLUME DIFFERENCE;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DEBRIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; METEOR IMPACTS; MORPHOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; VOLCANOES;

LANDSLIDES;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; INTERPOLATION; LANDSCAPE; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

NAMIBIA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 77956687255     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0176-0     Document Type: Article

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