Deep-seated gravitational slope deformations along the active Boconó Fault in the central portion of the Mérida Andes, western Venezuela

Geomorphology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 164-177

  Audemard, Franck A ^a,b   Beck, Christian ^c   Carrillo, Eduardo ^d  

^a Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bocon Fault; Deep seated sliding; DSGSD; M rida; Sackung; Venezuelan Andes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; LANDSLIDE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MASS MOVEMENT; MORAINE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE;

MERIDA [VENEZUELA]; VENEZUELA;

EID: 78349304871     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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