Sedimentological and geochemical evidence for multistage failure of volcanic island landslides: A case study from Icod landslide on north Tenerife, Canary Islands

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Hunt, James E ^a   Wynn, Russell B ^a   Masson, Douglas G ^a   Talling, Peter J ^a   Teagle, Damon A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Icod landslide; landslides; retrogressive failure; turbidites

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALS; SUBMARINES; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; VOLCANOES;

CANARY ISLANDS; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GRADED SAND; GRAIN SIZE; PETROPHYSICAL; SEA FLOOR; TENERIFE; THREE STAGES; TIME INTERVAL; TSUNAMIGENIC POTENTIAL; TURBIDITES; VOLCANIC GLASS; VOLCANIC ISLANDS;

LANDSLIDES;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI; TURBIDITE; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 84055197798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003740     Document Type: Article

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