Timing and extent of submarine landslides in Southern California

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1933-1943

  Lee, Homa J ^a   Normark, William R ^a   Fisher, Michael A ^a   Greene, H Gary ^a   Edwards, Brian D ^b   Locat, Jacques ^b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TIMING CIRCUITS;

COASTAL COMMUNITIES; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; OFFSHORE FACILITIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RECURRENCE RATES; SLOPE FAILURE; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84897012907     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/16744-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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