The Tsergo Ri landslide: An uncommon area of high morphological activity in the Langthang valley, Nepal

Tectonophysics

Volumn 260, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 85-93

  Ibetsberger, Horst J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; MORPHOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; MOUNTAIN REGION;

NEPAL, LANGTHANG VALLEY, TSERGO RI LANDSLIDE;

EID: 0030453281     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(96)00077-7     Document Type: Article

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