Slope instability along State Highway 73 through Arthur's Pass, South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 339-350

  Paterson, B R ^a,b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b Paterson and Coates Associates   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arthur's Pass; Debris flow; Earthquake; Landslide; Otira; Rock avalanche; Rockfall; State Highway 73; Zig Zag

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; DEBRIS FLOW; ROCK FALL; ROCKFALL; SEISMIC SHAKING; SEISMICITY; SLOPE STABILITY; VIADUCT;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, CANTERBURY, ARTHUR'S PASS; NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, WESTLAND, ARTHUR'S PASS;

EID: 0030423683     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514718     Document Type: Article

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