Thin-skinned debris flows in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2007, Pages 45-56

  Wahl, Kimberly ^a   Spooner, Ian ^b   Colville, David ^c  

^a ESRI   (United States)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Applied Geomatics Research Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEBRIS FLOW; GULLY; INCISED VALLEY; LANDSLIDE; PENEPLAIN; PERMEABILITY; SATURATION; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL STRENGTH;

CANADA; CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK; CAPE BRETON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; GRUS;

EID: 38849164291     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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