Mass movement and landscape evolution in weathered granite and gneiss terrains

Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publication

Volumn 23, Issue , 2010, Pages 33-45

  Migoń, Piotr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; DEBRIS FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GNEISS; GRANITE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEATHERING;

BRAZIL; CHINA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77955339533     PISSN: 02679914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/EGSP23.4     Document Type: Article

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