A mass movement origin for cirques

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1129-1148

  Turnbull, Jill M ^a   Davies, Timothy R H ^b  

^a University of Canterbury ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cirques; Deep seated rock slope failures; Glacial erosion; Rock avalanches; Subaerial erosion

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY;

CIRQUES; DEEP-SEATED ROCK SLOPE FAILURES; GLACIAL EROSION; ROCK AVALANCHES; SUBAERIAL EROSION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EROSION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CIRQUE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; GLACIER; HILLSLOPE; ICE FLOW; QUATERNARY; ROCK AVALANCHE; SLOPE FAILURE; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALASIA; FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 33747390149     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1324     Document Type: Article

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