Evidence for a rock-avalanche origin for 'The Hillocks' "moraine", Otago, New Zealand

Geomorphology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 216-224

  McColl, S T ^a   Davies, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hillocks; Landslide; Moraine; New Zealand; Post glacial; Rock avalanche

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LANDSLIDE; MORAINE; POSTGLACIAL; ROCK AVALANCHE;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 79951770036     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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