Submarine mass wasting off southern central Chile: Distribution and possible mechanisms of slope failure at an active continental margin

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences - 5th International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 379-389

  Völker, David ^a   Geersen, Jacob ^a   Behrmann, Jan H ^a   Weinrebe, Willhelm R ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colombia; Geomorphologic scarp dating; High resolution swath bathymetric data; Manglares basin; Seismic reflection; Submarine mass failures; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TSUNAMIS;

BATHYMETRIC DATA; COLOMBIA; GEOMORPHOLOGIC SCARP DATING; MANGLARES BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SUBMARINE MASS FAILURE;

SUBMARINES;

EID: 84904130325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2162-3_34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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