Slip rates variability and sediment mobilization on a shallow landslide in the northern Swiss Alps

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-292

  Schwab, Marco ^a   Läderach, Christine ^a   Rieke Zapp, Dirk ^a   Schlunegger, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central Switzerland; Geomorphology; Landslide; Sediment mobilization; Slip rates

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; ELEVATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; MODELING; RAINSTORM; RELIEF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLIP RATE; WATERSHED;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 64549092389     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-007-1218-0     Document Type: Article

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