Influence of runout-path material on emplacement of the Round Top rock avalanche, New Zealand

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-201

  Dufresne, A ^a   Davies, T R ^a   McSaveney, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disintegrating rock mass; Mobility; Morphology; Round Top rock avalanche; Runout path

Indexed keywords

DISINTEGRATING ROCK MASS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLUVIAL GRAVELS; LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY; MOBILITY; NEW ZEALAND; PLANAR SURFACE; RIVER GRAVEL; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK MASS; SUBSTRATE DEFORMATION;

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GRAVEL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS;

ROCKS;

DEBRIS FLOW; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; MOBILITY; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SCHIST; SLOPE DYNAMICS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77649113996     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1900     Document Type: Article

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