Clay slides in the Målselv valley, northern Norway: Characteristics, occurrence, and triggering mechanisms

Geomorphology

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 548-562

  Eilertsen, Raymond S ^a   Hansen, Louise ^a   Bargel, Terje H ^a   Solberg, Inger Lise ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clay slides; M lselv; Northern Norway; Sensitive clay; Slide plane; Valley fill

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEGLACIATION; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FJORD; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 36048980029     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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