The Keylong Serai rock avalanche, NW Indian Himalaya: Geomorphology and palaeoseismic implications

Landslides

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-254

  Mitchell, W A ^a   McSaveney, M J ^b   Zondervan, A ^b   Kim, K ^b   Dunning, S A ^a   Taylor, P J ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic radionuclide dates; Himalaya; Landslide hazard; Palaeoseismicity; Rock avalanche

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548537621     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-007-0085-0     Document Type: Article

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