Geomorphological investigation of the excavation-induced Dündar landslide, Bursa - Turkey

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 90 A, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-123

  Erginal, Ahmet Evren ^a   Türkeş, Murat ^a   Ertek, T Ahmet ^b   Baba, Alper ^a   Bayrakdar, Cihan ^b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Climate; Landslides; Mining and excavation activities; Pre existing fault; Precipitation; Rotational slump; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; LANDSLIDE; NORMAL FAULT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY;

BURSA [TURKEY]; EURASIA; ORHANELI; TURKEY;

EID: 44949127975     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2008.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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