Flank collapse at Mount Wrangell, Alaska, recorded by volcanic mass-flow deposits in the Copper River lowland

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1257-1279

  Waythomas, Christopher F ^a   Wallace, Kristi L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; EROSION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC MASS FLOW DEPOSITS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

COLLAPSE; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DEBRIS FLOW; PLEISTOCENE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036025729     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-032     Document Type: Article

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