Mapping basin-wide subaquatic slope failure susceptibility as a tool to assess regional seismic and tsunami hazards

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 331-347

  Strasser, Michael ^a,b   Hilbe, Michael ^c   Anselmetti, Flavio S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lake Lucerne; Limit equilibrium; Paleoseismology; Slope stability; Submarine landslides

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STABILITY; DATA BASE; GEOHAZARDS; GEOTECHNICAL DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; INFINITE SLOPE; LANDSLIDE DEPOSITS; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM; MODEL POINTS; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; POTENTIAL TOOL; PSEUDOSTATIC; REFLECTION SEISMIC; SLOPE FAILURE; STABILITY EQUATIONS; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; SWITZERLAND; THRESHOLD CONDITION; TSUNAMI HAZARDS; TSUNAMIGENIC;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; LAKES; LANDSLIDES; SEISMOLOGY; STABILITY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TSUNAMIS;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

BATHYMETRY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; OCEAN BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI;

SWITZERLAND; VIERWALDSTATTERSEE;

EID: 79961171904     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-010-9100-2     Document Type: Article

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