Vampire rock avalanches of January 2008 and 2003, Southern Alps, New Zealand

Landslides

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-166

  Cox, S C ^a   Allen, S K ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aoraki Mount Cook; Collapse; Mueller Glacier; New Zealand; Rock avalanche; Southern Alps; Vampire

Indexed keywords

AORAKI/MOUNT COOK; COLLAPSE; MUELLER GLACIER; NEW ZEALAND; ROCK AVALANCHE; SOUTHERN ALPS; VAMPIRE;

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GLACIERS; SEISMOGRAPHS;

ROCKS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GLACIER; ROCK AVALANCHE; SEISMOGRAPH; SLOPE;

AUSTRALASIA; MOUNT COOK; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 67349139995     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-009-0149-4     Document Type: Article

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