Stability, mobility and failure mechanism for landslides at the upper continental slope off Vesterålen, Norway

Marine Geology

Volumn 346, Issue , 2013, Pages 192-207

  L'Heureux, J S ^a   Vanneste, M ^a   Rise, L ^b   Brendryen, J ^c   Forsberg, C F ^a   Nadim, F ^a   Longva, O ^b   Chand, S ^b   Kvalstad, T J ^a   Haflidason, H ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Hazard potential; Landslide mobility; Lofoten and Vester len margin; Pre conditioning and triggering factors; Slope stability; Submarine landslides

Indexed keywords

HAZARD POTENTIAL; LANDSLIDE MOBILITY; PORE PRESSURE DISSIPATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; TRANSLATIONAL LANDSLIDES; TRIGGERING FACTORS; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

CLAY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAILURE MECHANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSLIDE; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SLIP; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOFTENING; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TRIAXIAL TEST;

NORWAY; VESTERALEN;

EID: 84886913195     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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