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Weinrebe, W.
Winkelmann, D.
Schwab, J. M.
Krastel, S.
Grün, M.
Gross, F.
Pananont, P.
Jintasaeranee, P.
Bunsomboonsakul, S.
Weinrebe, W.
Winkelmann, D.
author Schwab, J. M.
Krastel, S.
Grün, M.
Gross, F.
Pananont, P.
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Bunsomboonsakul, S.
Weinrebe, W.
Winkelmann, D.
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Weinrebe, W.
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spellingShingle Schwab, J. M., Krastel, S., Grün, M., Gross, F., Pananont, P., Jintasaeranee, P., Bunsomboonsakul, S., Weinrebe, W., Winkelmann, D., Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Submarine mass wasting and associated tsunami risk offshore western Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean, General Earth and Planetary Sciences
title Submarine mass wasting and associated tsunami risk offshore western Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean
title_full Submarine mass wasting and associated tsunami risk offshore western Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean
title_fullStr Submarine mass wasting and associated tsunami risk offshore western Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean
title_full_unstemmed Submarine mass wasting and associated tsunami risk offshore western Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean
title_short Submarine mass wasting and associated tsunami risk offshore western Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean
title_sort submarine mass wasting and associated tsunami risk offshore western thailand, andaman sea, indian ocean
title_unstemmed Submarine mass wasting and associated tsunami risk offshore western Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean
topic General Earth and Planetary Sciences
url http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-2609-2012