Kinematics of an alpine retrogressive rockslide in the Japanese Alps

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1641-1650

  Nishii, Ryoko ^a   Matsuoka, Norikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine environment; Gravitational slope deformation; Rockslide; Slip plane; Stress release

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ROCKSLIDE; SLIP PLANE; SLOPE DEFORMATION; STRESS RELEASE;

INFILTRATION; SNOW;

KINEMATICS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLLAPSE; DIP-SLIP FAULT; KINEMATICS; LANDSLIDE; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP; SLOPE STABILITY;

HONSHU; JAPAN; JAPANESE ALPS;

EID: 84872377687     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3298     Document Type: Article

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