A model for frictional melt production beneath large rock avalanches

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio ^a,b   Elverhøi, Anders ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b International Centre for Geohazards   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; FRICTION; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; LANDSLIDE; MELTING; MODELING; ROCK AVALANCHE; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 50849095825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000867     Document Type: Article

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