Rock-slope failure following Late Pleistocene deglaciation on tectonically stable mountainous terrain

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 144-157

  Ballantyne, Colin K ^a   Sandeman, Graeme F ^a   Stone, John O ^b   Wilson, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic isotopes; Palaeoseismicity; Paraglacial; Rock slope failure; Stress release

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES; EXTRINSIC MECHANISMS; PALAEOSEISMICITY; PARAGLACIAL; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE; STRESS-RELEASE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTHQUAKES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; ROCKS; SLOPE STABILITY; UNLOADING;

ICE;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SLOPE FAILURE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRAIN; UPLIFT;

IRELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84892853362     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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