Flow behaviour and runout modelling of a complex debris flow in a clay-shale basin

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-488

  Remaître, Alexandre ^a   Malet, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Maquaire, Olivier ^a   Ancey, Christophe ^c,d   Locat, Jacques ^e  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d Cemagref   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clay shale basins; Herschel Bulkley; Muddy debris flow; Numerical modelling; Rheology

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RHEOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; SHALE;

BLACK MARLS; CLAY-SHALE BASINS; DEPOSIT THICKNESS; MORAINES;

CATCHMENTS;

DEBRIS FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 17944379401     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1162     Document Type: Article

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