Frontal emplacement and mobility of sublacustrine landslides: Results from morphometric and seismostratigraphic analysis

Marine Geology

Volumn 285, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 29-45

  Moernaut, J ^a   De Batist, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Frontal emplacement; Morphometric analysis; Reflection seismics; Sublacustrine landslides

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DRIVING FORCES; EXCAVATED SLOPE; FRONTAL EMPLACEMENT; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; HIGH RESOLUTION; MAIN PARAMETERS; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; NATURAL HAZARD; RESISTING FORCES; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SHEAR SURFACES; SLIDING MASS; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SUBLACUSTRINE LANDSLIDES; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

GRAVITATION; LAKES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

LANDSLIDES;

CORRELATION; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MOBILITY; MORPHOMETRY; NATURAL HAZARD; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RESOLUTION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

EID: 79959702670     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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