Pleistocene gelifluction and rock deformation on slopes in southern Wyoming

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-255

  Mears, Brainerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Creep; Hillsides; Slab displacements

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844341553     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199732)8:2<251::AID-PPP254>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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