An examination of controls on debris flow mobility: Evidence from coastal British Columbia

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 601-613

  Guthrie, R H ^a,b   Hockin, A ^c   Colquhoun, L ^c   Nagy, T ^c   Evans, S G ^b   Ayles, C ^c  

^a Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c CAMOSUN COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Entrainment; Erosion; Landslide mobility; Landslide travel distance; Runout

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; ENTRAINMENT; GIS; GULLY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE FAILURE; STREAM CHANNEL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 70649107818     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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