Sediment supply from landslide-dominated catchments: implications for basin-margin fans

Basin Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-35

  Allen, Philip A ^a   Hovius, Niels ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; LANDSLIDE; SEDIMENT SUPPLY;

EID: 0031671295     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1998.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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