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Marine Slides and Other Mass Movements

Part of the book series: Nato Conference Series (NATOCS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Marine Slides — Some Introductory Remarks

  3. Geology and Geodynamical Settings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-10
    2. On the Tectonic Setting of Submarine Slides

      • Adrian E. Scheidegger
      Pages 11-20
  4. Coastal Geomorphology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
    2. Recent Mass Wasting Processes on the Provencal Margin (Western Mediterranean)

      • G. A. Auffret, J. M. Auzende, M. Gennesseaux, S. Monti, L. Pastouret, G. Pautot et al.
      Pages 53-58
  5. Mechanics of Marine Slides and Other Mass Movements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-60
    2. Some Aspects of Submarine Slope Stability

      • Kjell Karlsrud, Lewis Edgers
      Pages 61-81
    3. Piezometer Probes for Assessing Effective Stress and Stability in Submarine Sediments

      • Richard H. Bennett, John T. Burns, Thomas L. Clarke, J. Richard Faris, Evan B. Forde, Adrian F. Richards
      Pages 129-161
    4. Marine Slope Stability — A Geological Approach

      • Adrian F. Richards, Ronald C. Chaney
      Pages 163-172
  6. Geophysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-174
    2. Evidences of Late Quaternary Mass Movements in the Bay of Biscay

      • G. A. Auffret, J. P. Foucher, L. Pastouret, V. Renard
      Pages 215-215

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory of Geophysics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Svend Saxov

  • Ministry of Transport and Public Works, Rijkswaterstaat, Deltadienst, The Hague, The Netherlands

    J. K. Nieuwenhuis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Marine Slides and Other Mass Movements

  • Editors: Svend Saxov, J. K. Nieuwenhuis

  • Series Title: Nato Conference Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3362-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-40888-5Due: 01 April 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3364-7Published: 30 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3362-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 353

  • Topics: Physics, general

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