Late Quaternary paleolandslides on the coral terraces of Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

Geomorphology

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 55-76

  Ota, Yoko ^a   Chappell, John ^b   Berryman, Kelvin ^c   Okamoto, Yuki ^a  

^a SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coral terrace; Debris flow; Huon Peninsula; Late Quaternary; Paleoearthquake; Paleolandslide

Indexed keywords

CORAL TERRACE; LANDSLIDE; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY (LATE); SEISMICITY; TERRACE;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, HUON PENINSULA;

EID: 0031455643     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(96)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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