Mass movements in cave sediments: Investigation of a ∼40,000-year-old guano mudflow inside the entrance of the Great Cave of Niah, Sarawak, Borneo

Landslides

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-290

  Dykes, A P ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogenic cave sediments; Geotechnical properties; Guano; Mass movement; Metastable sediments; Niah cave; Sarawak

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548530337     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-006-0077-5     Document Type: Article

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