Analysis of submarine landsliding in the rupture area of the 27 February 2010 Maule earthquake, Central Chile

Marine Geology

Volumn 288, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 79-89

  Völker, David ^a   Scholz, Florian ^a   Geersen, Jacob ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Maule Earthquake; Pore water; Seismically triggered mass wasting; Slope stability; Submarine landslide; Swath bathymetry; Transport modelling

Indexed keywords

PORE WATER; SEISMICALLY TRIGGERED MASS WASTING; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TRANSPORT MODELLING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LANDSLIDES; SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TSUNAMIS; WATER;

SUBMARINES;

AFTERSHOCK; CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; ECHO SOUNDER; POREWATER; RISK FACTOR; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

CHILE;

EID: 82455192773     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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