Runout of dry granular avalanches

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 313-320

  Davies, T R ^a   McSaveney, M J ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Field data; Friction; Granular flow; Laboratory data; Rock avalanches; Runout

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; FLOW PATTERN; GRANULAR MEDIUM; ROCKFALL;

FLOW OF SOLIDS; FRICTION;

DRY GRANULAR AVALANCHES;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

EID: 0033237121     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-108     Document Type: Article

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