Gigantic seismogenic landslides of summer lake basin, south-central Oregon

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 687-697

  Badger, Thomas C ^a   Watters, Robert J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Geotechnical studies; Lake County (Oregon); Landslides; Neotectonics

Indexed keywords

ROCK AVALANCHES; SEISMOGENIC LANDSLIDES; SUMMER LAKE BASIN; VOLCANIC FLOW ROCKS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; LANDSLIDES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

SEISMOLOGY;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; LAKE; LANDSLIDE;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442606252     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25333.1     Document Type: Article

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