The Muralla Pircada-an ancient Andean debris flow retention dam, Santa Rita B archaeological site, Chao Valley, Northern Perú

Landslides

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-123

  Brooks, William E ^a   Willett, Jason C ^b   Kent, Jonathan D ^c   Vasquez, Victor ^d   Rosales, Teresa ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRUJILLO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Ancient Andean; Debris flow dam; Mitigation; Natural hazards; Per

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944487199     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-005-0051-7     Document Type: Article

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