Regional spatial variations in rockslide distribution from structural geology ranking: An example from Storfjorden, western Norway

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 351, Issue , 2011, Pages 79-95

  Henderson, Iain H C ^a   Saintot, Aline ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FJORD; LANDSLIDE; ROCK AVALANCHE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; STORFJORDEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 80052825574     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP351.4     Document Type: Article

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