Linking geotechnical and rheological properties from failure to post-failure: The Pointe-du-Fort slide, saguenay fjord, Québec

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 3rd International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 181-189

  Locat, J ^a   Locat, P ^a   Locat, A ^a   Leroueil, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liquidity index; Modeling; Rheology; Submarine slide; Undrained strength; Yield strength

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; MODELS; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; YIELD STRESS;

FLOW THICKNESS; LIQUIDITY INDICES; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; RHEOLOGICAL TEST; RUNOUT DISTANCES; SUBMARINE SLIDES; UNDRAINED STRENGTH;

SUBMARINES;

EID: 80051718321     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6512-5_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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