Curved tree trunks - Indicators of soil creep and other phenomena

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 351-358

  Harker, R Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CREEP; CURVING; GEOTROPISM; PHOTOTROPISM; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL CREEP; TREE TRUNK;

EID: 0029769087     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629830     Document Type: Article

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