Tsunami deposits in Santiago Island (Cape Verde archipelago) as possible evidence of a massive flank failure of Fogos volcano

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 129-145

  Paris, Raphaël ^a,b,e   Giachetti, Thomas ^b   Chevalier, Joël ^c   Guillou, Hervé ^d   Frank, Norbert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LPO Loire Atlantique   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cape Verde; Fogo volcano; Marine conglomerate; Tsunami; Volcano instability

Indexed keywords

CANARY ISLANDS; CAPE VERDE; CAPE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO; FLANK COLLAPSE; FOGO VOLCANO; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; HIGH ELEVATION; LOW FREQUENCY; MARINE CONGLOMERATE; MARINE FAUNA; POST-COLLAPSE; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; TSUNAMI WAVES; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

ANIMALS; BUILDINGS; DEPOSITS; VOLCANOES;

TSUNAMIS;

BIOCLASTIC SEDIMENT; CALDERA; CONGLOMERATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; RHEOLOGY; TSUNAMI; VOLCANISM;

CAPE VERDE; FOGO; SAO TIAGO;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80051867683     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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