Timing and periodicity of paraglacial rock-slope failures in the Scottish Highlands

Geomorphology

Volumn 186, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-161

  Ballantyne, Colin K ^a   Stone, John O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic isotope exposure dating; Landslides; Paraglacial; Rock slope failure; Seismicity; Stress release

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; GLACIATION; LANDSLIDE; PERIODICITY; ROCK AVALANCHE; SEISMICITY; SLOPE FAILURE;

HIGHLANDS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84873725686     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.030     Document Type: Article

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