Submarine mass movements in the Betsiamites area, Lower St. Lawrence Estuary, Quebec, Canada

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 3rd International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 231-241

  Cauchon Voyer, Genevieve ^a   Locat, Jacques ^a   St Onge, Guillaume ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; LANDSLIDES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEBRIS FLOW DEPOSITS; LAWRENCE ESTUARIES; MASS MOVEMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; QUEBEC , CANADA; SEDIMENT CORE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC REFLECTION SURVEY;

SUBMARINES;

EID: 84986188697     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6512-5_24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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