Investigations of slides at the upper continental slope off vesterålen, North Norway

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences - 5th International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 167-176

  Rise, Leif ^a,b   Chand, Shyam ^a,b   Haflidason, Haflidi ^c   L'Heureux, Jean Sebastian ^a,b   Hjelstuen, Berit Oline ^c   Bellec, Valerie ^a,b   Longva, Oddvar ^a,b   Brendryen, Jo ^c   Vanneste, Maarten ^b,d   Bøe, Reidulv ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b International Centre for Geohazards (ICG)   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calypso core; Continental slope; Failure planes; High resolution seismic lines; Multibeam bathymetry; Submarine slides

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CALYPSO CORE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FAILURE PLANE; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; SUBMARINE SLIDES;

SUBMARINES;

EID: 84904117353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2162-3_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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