A large rapid landslide in sensitive glaciomarine sediments at Mink Creek, northwestern British Columbia, Canada

Engineering Geology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 36-63

  Geertsema, Marten ^a   Cruden, David M ^b   Schwab, James W ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Earth flow; Earth spread; Flowslide; Glaciomarine

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

EARTH FLOW; EARTH SPREAD; FLOWSLIDE; GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENTS;

LANDSLIDES;

GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; LANDSLIDE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 32644464858     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.06.036     Document Type: Article

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