Loess failure in northeast Afghanistan

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1287-1293

  Shroder, John F ^a   Schettler, Megan Jensen ^a   Weihs, Brandon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris slide flow; Landslide; Rock glacier; Rockfall slide; Slope failure; Slope failure complex

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS SLIDE; ROCK GLACIER; ROCKFALLS; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE-FAILURE COMPLEX;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DEBRIS; DUST; FLUIDIZATION; LANDSLIDES; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DEBRIS FLOW; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GNEISS; LANDSLIDE; LOESS; MASS MOVEMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMICITY; SLOPE FAILURE; TRANSPRESSION; TUNNELING;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 83455221548     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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