Frequency and magnitude of debris flows on Cheekye River, British Columbia

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 382-395

  Jakob, M ^a   Friele, P ^b  

^a BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

^b Cordilleran Geoscience ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Cheekye River; Debris flow; Frequency; Magnitude; Rock avalanche

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MODELING; ROCK AVALANCHE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHEEKYE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70549110022     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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