Gelifluction: Viscous flow or plastic creep?

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1289-1301

  Harris, Charles ^a   Davies, Michael C R ^b   Rea, Brice R ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gelifluction; Geotechnical centrifuge; Periglacial solifluction; Physical modelling

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILT;

GELIFLUCTION;

VISCOUS FLOW;

CREEP; MODELING; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; SOLIFLUCTION; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 0344704078     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.543     Document Type: Article

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