Small-scale experimental simulation of talus evolution

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1685-1692

  de Blasio, Fabio Vittorio ^a,b   Sæter, May Britt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b International Centre for Geohazards   (Norway)

Author keywords

Experimental geomorphology; Rockfall; Talus

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC ROCKS; DIFFERENT SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; GRANULAR LAYER; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LABORATORY MODELS; LARGE-GRAIN; ROCKFALL; ROLL-DOWN; SINGLE-PARTICLE DYNAMICS; SMALL GRAINS; TALUS; TALUS SLOPE; VERTICAL TRANSITIONS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; ROCK BURSTS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MODELING; ROCKFALL; SLOPE DYNAMICS; TALUS;

EID: 70349871538     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1861     Document Type: Article

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