Landslides triggered by the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake

Geomorphology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Owen, Lewis A ^a   Kamp, Ulrich ^b   Khattak, Ghazanfar A ^c   Harp, Edwin L ^d   Keefer, David K ^d   Bauer, Mark A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Himalaya; Kashmir; Landslides

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; EARTHQUAKE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HANGING WALL; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; SLOPE; SLOPE STABILITY; VALLEY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 37249027747     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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