The first classification of landslides?

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-200

  Cruden, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Founder; Landslide; Landslip; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; LANDSLIDE;

EID: 0141954944     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/9.3.197     Document Type: Article

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