Multiple slope failures associated with neotectonic activity in the Southern Central Andes (37° -37°30's), Patagonia, Argentina

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1880-1895

  Penna, Ivanna M ^a   Hermanns, Reginald L ^b   Niedermann, Samuel ^c   Folguera, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CENTRAL ANDES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; HOLOCENES; LOW DEGREE; NEOTECTONICS; PATAGONIA; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK FRACTURING; ROCK FRAGMENTATION; SLIDING PLANES; SLOPE FAILURE; SURFACE EXPOSURE AGE; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TRIGGERING FACTORS;

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ROCK BURSTS; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

LANDSLIDES;

FAULT; FOLD; FRAGMENTATION; LANDSLIDE; NEOTECTONICS; PLATEAU; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK MECHANICS; SLOPE FAILURE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

EID: 80051599726     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30399.1     Document Type: Article

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