Rock avalanching into a landslide-dammed lake causing multiple dam failure in las conchas valley (NW argentina) - Evidence from surface exposure dating and stratigraphic analyses

Landslides

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-122

  Hermanns, Reginald L ^a,c   Niedermann, Samuel ^a   Ivy Ochs, Susan ^b   Kubik, Peter W ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argentine andes; Landslide dam; Landslide generated tsunami wave; Rock avalanche; Surface exposure dating

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMS; EARTHQUAKES; LAKES; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARGENTINE ANDES; LANDSLIDE DAM; ROCK AVALANCHE; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING; TSUNAMI WAVES;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 23944449748     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-004-0013-5     Document Type: Article

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