A megalandslide in the Northern Caucasus foredeep (Uspenskoye, Russia): Geomorphology, possible mechanism and age constraints

Geomorphology

Volumn 177-178, Issue , 2012, Pages 144-157

  Pánek, Tomáš ^a   Šilhán, Karel ^a   Hradecký, Jan ^a   Strom, Alexander ^b   Smolková, Veronika ^a   Zerkal, Oleg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b Hydroproject Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Low gradient landscape; Megalandslide; Northern Caucasus foredeep; OSL and 14C dating

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY EROSION; LANDSCAPE; LANDSLIDE; LIMESTONE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER BANK;

CAUCASUS; KUBAN RIVER; NORTHERN CAUCASUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84868197046     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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