A possible coseismic landslide origin of late holocene moraines of the Southern Alps, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 311-314

  Larsen, S H ^a   Davies, T R H ^b   McSaveney, M J ^c  

^a C Research   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Climate; Earthquakes; Glaciers; Little Ice Age; Moraines

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LANDSLIDE; PALEOCLIMATE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; WORLD;

EID: 22944444835     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2005.9515117     Document Type: Article

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