Debris-flow mobilization from landslides

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue , 1997, Pages 85-138

  Iverson, Richard M ^a   Reid, Mark E ^b   LaHusen, Richard G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Hillslope; Initiation; Mechanics; Mudflow; Pore pressure; Soil

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FAILURE MECHANISM; LANDSLIDE; ROCK MECHANICS; SLOPE; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0030659505     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.25.1.85     Document Type: Article

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