Sediment generation and delivery from large historic landslides in the Southern Alps, New Zealand

Geomorphology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 189-207

  Korup, Oliver ^a   McSaveney, Mauri J ^b   Davies, Timothy R H ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avulsion; High mountain geomorphology; Landslide dam; River metamorphosis; Sediment delivery; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; SEDIMENT YIELD;

EID: 2942642057     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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