Holocene activity of the Mt. Currie Scarp, Coast Mountains, British Columbia, and implications for its origin

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-348

  Thompson, Stephen C ^a   Clague, John J ^b   Evans, Stephen G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exploratory Trenching; Gravitational Spreading; Hillslope Geomor Phology; Sackungen; Slope Stability

Indexed keywords

CREEP; LANDSLIDE; SCARP; SLOPE STABILITY;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, COAST MOUNTAINS, MOUNT CURRIE;

EID: 0031416572     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iii.3.329     Document Type: Article

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