Miocene rock-avalanche deposits, Halloran/Silurian Hills Area, southeastern California

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 501-512

  Bishop, Kim M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landslides; Rock avalanche deposits; Soil mechanics

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE MECHANISM; ROCK AVALANCHE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, HALLORAN/SILURIAN HILLS, SHADOW VALLEY;

EID: 0031391594     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iii.4.501     Document Type: Article

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