The Acheron rock avalanche, Canterbury, New Zealand- Morphology and dynamics

Landslides

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-72

  Smith, G M ^a   Davies, T R ^a   McSaveney, M J ^b   Bell, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dynamic simulation; Falling Mountain; Fragmentation pressure; New Zealand; Rock avalanches; Runout

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644510762     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-005-0012-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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