Near-synchronous and delayed initiation of long run-out submarine sediment flows from a record-breaking river flood, offshore Taiwan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Carter, L ^a   Milliman, J D ^b   Talling, P J ^c   Gavey, R ^c   Wynn, R B ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EARTHQUAKES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CABLE FAULT; DEEP OCEAN; FIBER OPTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS; HAZARD POTENTIAL; SEDIMENT-LADEN WATER; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; TRIGGERING MECHANISM; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CANYON; DEEP SEA; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FIBER OPTICS; FLOODING; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; PEAK FLOW; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE CABLE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TYPHOON; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

KAOPING SUBMARINE CANYON; MANILA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84862858997     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051172     Document Type: Article

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