Combinations of volcanic-flank and seafloor-sediment failure offshore Montserrat, and their implications for tsunami generation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 228-240

  Watt, S F L ^a   Talling, P J ^a   Vardy, M E ^a   Heller, V ^a,b   Huhnerbach V ^a   Urlaub, M ^a   Sarkar, S ^a   Masson, D G ^a   Henstock, T J ^a   Minshull, T A ^a   Paulatto, M ^a   Le Friant, A ^c   Lebas, E ^c   Berndt, C ^a,d   Crutchley, G J ^d   Karstens, J ^d   Stinton, A J ^e,f   Maeno, F ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

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

^e MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (Montserrat)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flank collapse; Landslide; Montserrat; Submarine sediment slide; Tsunami; Volcano

Indexed keywords

DOWNSLOPE; FAILURE PROCESS; FLANK COLLAPSE; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION; LANDSLIDE DEPOSITS; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; SINGLE STAGE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; TSUNAMI GENERATION; TSUNAMI HAZARDS; VOLCANIC ISLANDS; VOLCANIC MATERIALS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

TSUNAMIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMPLITUDE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANOLOGY; WAVE GENERATION;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MONTSERRAT;

EID: 84856050445     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.032     Document Type: Article

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