Acoustic fluidization and the extraordinary mobility of sturzstroms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Collins, Gareth S ^a   Mclosh, H Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic fluidization; Long runout landslide; Numerical modeling; Sturzstrom

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; FLUIDIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCKFALL;

EID: 1442291162     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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