Slope failures of the flanks of the southern Cape Verde Islands

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 3rd International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 337-345

  Le Bas, T P ^a   Masson, D G ^a   Holtom, R T ^a   Grevemeyer, I ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Cape Verde; Debris avalanches; Debris flows; Landslides; Slumping; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LANDSLIDES; LARGE DATASET; SUBMARINES; TSUNAMIS;

CAPE VERDE; CHANNEL SYSTEMS; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; DEBRIS FLOWS; DERIVATIVE PROCESS; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; SEAFLOOR VOLCANIC ACTIVITY; SLUMPING;

DEBRIS;

EID: 84986222866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6512-5_35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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