Terrestrial record of rapid mass movements in the Sawtooth Range, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-64

  Lewkowicz, Antoni G ^a   Hartshorn, James ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CANADA;

EID: 0031848213     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-35-1-55     Document Type: Article

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