Mass movement in northeast Afghanistan

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1267-1286

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

^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;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEBRIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; ROCK BURSTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BEDROCK; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DEPOSITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; MASS MOVEMENT; ROCKFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLOPE FAILURE;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 83455262813     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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