Green Lake Landslide and other giant and very large postglacial landslides in Fiordland, New Zealand

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1020-1036

  Hancox, Graham T ^a   Perrin, Nick D ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE FAULTS; FAILURE MECHANISMS; FAULT ZONES; GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCES; GLACIAL EROSIONS; GRANODIORITE; LANDSLIDE DAMS; NEW ZEALAND; RADIO CARBON DATING; ROCK SLIDES; SLOPE FAILURES;

DEBRIS; EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES;

LANDSLIDES;

DISASTER; EARTH; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; GNEISS; GRANODIORITE; LANDSLIDE; PROBABILITY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

AUSTRALASIA; FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 67349098541     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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