Mass failures associated with the passage of a large tropical cyclone over the Swatch of No Ground submarine canyon (Bay of Bengal)

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1051-1054

  Rogers, Kimberly G ^a   Goodbred Jr , Steven L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BAY OF BENGAL; BEFORE AND AFTER; BENGAL SHELF; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CYCLIC WAVES; FLUID DISCHARGE; GRAVITY FLOWS; HYDROSTATIC LOADING; MASS FAILURES; RUNOUT DISTANCES; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; SUBMARINES; SURVEYS;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

GULLY EROSION; MASS MOVEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE CANYON; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VALLEY;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 78249248662     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31181.1     Document Type: Article

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