Assessing landslide movements in volcanic islands using near-shore marine geophysical data: South Pico island, Azores

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 483-496

  Mitchell, Neil C ^a   Quartau, Rui ^b   Madeira, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Hazards; Slump; Volcano collapse

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COASTAL EROSION; ESCARPMENT; GEOPHYSICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

AZORES; FAIAL; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; PICO; PORTUGAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857635937     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0541-5     Document Type: Article

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