Spatial, morphological and sedimentological aspects of recent debris flows in du Toit's Kloof, Western Cape

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-89

  Boelhouwers, J ^a   Duiker, J M C ^b   Van Duffelen, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW;

EID: 0031826223     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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