Origin of sackung uphill-facing scarps in the Saint Elias orogen, Alaska: LIDAR data visualization and stress modeling

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1585-1589

  Li, Zhiyong ^a,b   Bruhn, R L ^b   Pavlis, T L ^c   Vorkink, M ^d   Zeng, Zuoxun ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d GeoStrata LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FOLDING; BASAL SLIDING; BEDDING PLANES; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; FAULT SCARP; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; FLEXURAL TOPPLING; GRAVITATIONAL LOADING; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; GRAVITY LOADING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL ACCELERATION; LANDSLIDING; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; PRINCIPAL STRESS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; STRESS FIELD; STRESS MODELING; STRESS ORIENTATIONS; STRONG GROUND MOTION; TECTONIC FAULTS; TECTONIC STRESS; TOPOGRAPHIC MODELS; TOPPLING FAILURES;

DATA VISUALIZATION; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SHEARING; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

BEDDING PLANE; CREEP; DEFORMATION; FAULT SCARP; FOLDING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUND MOTION; LANDSLIDE; LIDAR; MOUNTAIN; QUATERNARY; STRESS FIELD; TOPPLING; VISUALIZATION;

ALASKA; SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957054477     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30019.1     Document Type: Article

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