The rock-avalanche of February 1995 at Claix (French Alps)

Geomorphology

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 339-346

  Bertran, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

French Alps; Grain flow; Microfacies; Rock avalanche

Indexed keywords

FACIES; FLOW PATTERN; MASS MOVEMENT; ROCK AVALANCHE; SEDIMENTATION;

ALPS; CLAIX; FRANCE;

EID: 0141849069     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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