Active normal fault control on landscape and rock-slope failure in northern Norway

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-138

  Osmundsen, P T ^a   Henderson, I ^a   Lauknes, T R ^b   Larsen, Y ^b   Redfield, T F ^a   Dehls, J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Norut   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LANDSLIDES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTS; CONTROLLING STRUCTURE; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; NORMAL FAULTING; ROCK SLOPE FAILURE; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT; TECTONIC PROCESS;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; HANGING WALL; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSLIDE; NORMAL FAULT; PASSIVE MARGIN; SLOPE FAILURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 68949180796     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25208A.1     Document Type: Article

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