The response of Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, to the Denali earthquake rock avalanches

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Shugar, Dan H ^a,b   Rabus, Bernhard T ^a,c   Clague, John J ^a   Capps, Denny M ^a,d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates   (Canada)

^d Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMPRESSION; DEBRIS FLOW; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR IMAGERY; ROCK AVALANCHE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ALASKA; BLACK RAPIDS GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856072852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002011     Document Type: Article

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