Chronology and hazards of large debris flows in the Cheekye River basin, British Columbia, Canada

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-115

  Clague, John J ^a,b   Friele, Pierre A ^c   Hutchinson, Ian ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Chronology; Debris flow; Hazard; Mount Garibaldi; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy; Stump Lake

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GYTTJA; QUATERNARY; RIVER BASIN; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CANADA;

HYPSYPOPS RUBICUNDUS;

EID: 0042813625     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/9.2.99     Document Type: Article

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