Rincon Mountain megaslide: La Conchita, Ventura County, California

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-318

  Gurrola, Larry D ^a   DeVecchio, Duane E ^b   Keller, Edward A ^b  

^a UC Santa Barbara ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

La Conchita; Landslide hazard; Megaslide

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOLOCENE; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; LANDSLIDE; PREHISTORIC; SLOPE STABILITY; TERRACE;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; RINCON MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; VENTURA COUNTY;

EID: 70749106561     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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