Postglacial mass movements and their causes in fjords and lakes in western Norway

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-55

  Bøe, Reidulv ^a   Longva, Oddvar ^a   Lepland, Aivo ^a   Blikra, Lars Harald ^a   Sønstegaard, Eivind ^b   Haflidason, Haflidi ^c   Bryn, Petter ^d   Lien, Reidar ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FJORD; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HOLOCENE; MASS MOVEMENT; POSTGLACIAL; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMIC HAZARD; TSUNAMI;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33748708240     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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