Structural evolution and sediment entrainment in mass-transport complexes: Outcrop studies from Italy

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 617-631

  Butler, R W H ^a   McCaffrey, W D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; ENTRAINMENT; MASS TRANSPORT; OUTCROP; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 77951886944     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-041     Document Type: Article

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