Tree-ring dated landslide movements and their relationship to seismic events in southwestern Montana, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-35

  Carrara, Paul E ^a   O'Neill, J Micheal ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Landslides; Montana; Tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; EARTHQUAKE; LANDSLIDE; QUATERNARY; SEISMICITY; TREE RING; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0037255679     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(02)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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