Undrained sediment loading key to long-runout submarine mass movements: Evidence from the caribbean volcanic arc

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences - 5th International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 417-428

  Voight, Barry ^a   Le Friant, Anne ^b   Boudon, Georges ^b   Deplus, Christine ^b   Komorowski, Jean Christophe ^b   Lebas, Elodie ^b   Sparks, R Stephen J ^c   Talling, Peter ^d   Trofimovs, Jess ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geohazard; Hydroplaning; Lesser antilles; Marine geophysical surveys; Mass Transport deposit; Submarine landslide; Submarine mass movement; Undrained shear strength

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; LANDSLIDES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GEO HAZARDS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; HYDROPLANING; LESSER ANTILLES; MASS MOVEMENT; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH;

SUBMARINES;

EID: 84904096415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2162-3_37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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