A re-examination of the mechanism and human impact of catastrophic mass flows originating on Nevado Huascarán, Cordillera Blanca, Peru in 1962 and 1970

Engineering Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 96-118

  Evans, Stephen G ^a   Bishop, Nicholas F ^a   Fidel Smoll, Lionel ^b   Valderrama Murillo, Patricio ^b   Delaney, Keith B ^a   Oliver Smith, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO MINERO Y METALÚRGICO   (Peru)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Debris flow; Huascar n; Ice fall; Landslide disaster; Peru; Rock fall

Indexed keywords

ANDES; CENSUS DATA; DEATH TOLLS; DEBRIS FLOOD; DEBRIS FLOW; DEBRIS FLOWS; GEOSCIENCES; HIGH VELOCITY; HUMAN IMPACT; MASS FLOW; MASS MOVEMENT; MEAN VELOCITIES; PERU; ROCK FALL; RUNOUT DISTANCES; STRONG CONTRAST; TOTAL LIFE; VELOCITY PROFILES;

FLUIDIZATION; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; LANDSLIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROCK BURSTS; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE;

DEBRIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS FLOW; ENTRAINMENT; FLOOD DAMAGE; FORMATION MECHANISM; ICE MOVEMENT; LANDSLIDE; MUDFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCKFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANCASH; ANDES; CORDILLERA BLANCA; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [PERU]; NEVADO HUASCARAN; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69249232007     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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