Gravity-driven sliding and associated deformations along complex submarine slopes: a laboratory modeling approach based on constraints observed offshore Martinique Island (Lesser Antilles)

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 194, 2023


Article Number		12
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2023008
Published online		10 August 2023

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