Structural analysis and analogue modeling of the kinematics and dynamics of rockslide avalanches

Geosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 657-686

  Shea, Thomas ^a,b   van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogue; Avalanche transport; Faults; Hummocks; Kinematics; Modeling; Rockslide avalanche deposits; Structures

Indexed keywords

FAULT; KINEMATICS; LANDSLIDE; MODELING; ROCK AVALANCHE;

EID: 48649088486     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00131.1     Document Type: Article

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