The Osceola Mudflow from Mount Rainier: Sedimentology and hazard implications of a huge clay-rich debris flow

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-163

  Vallance, James W ^a,b   Scott, Kevin M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GRADING; GRAVEL; HAZARDS; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS;

DEBRIS AVALANCHES; HAZARD ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ROCKS; PHREATOMAGMATIC ERUPTION; PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS; SAND AND GRAVELS; SIMILAR DISTANCE; DEBRIS FLOWS; RIVER SYSTEMS; VALLEY SLOPES;

CLAY DEPOSITS;

AGGRADATION; CLAY SOIL; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DEBRIS FLOW; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; MUDFLOW; PEAK DISCHARGE; POREWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VALLEY; CLAY; LAHAR; VOLCANO;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT RAINIER; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WHITE RIVER [UNITED STATES]; USA; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030942689     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0143:TOMFMR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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