Talus fabric, clast morphology, and botanical indicators of slope processes on the Chaos Crags (California Cascades), USA

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-68

  Pérez, Francisco L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; SLOPE PROCESSES;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADES; USA;

EID: 0345367485     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/004861ar     Document Type: Article

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