Onset and timing of deep-seated gravitational slope deformations in the eastern Alps, Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-129

  Agliardi, Federico ^a   Crosta, Giovanni B ^a   Zanchi, Andrea ^a   Ravazzi, Cesare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Deep seated gravitational slope deformation; Deglaciation; Eastern Alps; Radiocarbon dating; Trenching

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEGLACIATION; FAULT SCARP; GRABEN; LATE GLACIAL; NAPPE; NORMAL FAULT; SHEAR ZONE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE; TRENCH; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ALPS; BOLZANO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; VENOSTA VALLEY;

EID: 55949099525     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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