Entrainment of debris in rock avalanches: An analysis of a long run-out mechanism

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1240-1252

  Hungr, Oldrich ^a   Evans, S G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Debris avalanche; Dynamic analysis; Entrainment; Rock avalanche; Runout

Indexed keywords

LIQUEFIED SOILS; ROCK AVALANCHES; ROCK FAILURE;

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; EXTRUSION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

ROCKS;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; ENTRAINMENT; LANDSLIDE; LIQUEFACTION; ROCK AVALANCHE;

EID: 4644352500     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25362.1     Document Type: Article

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