Characterizing a landslide hazard along the wasatch mountain front (Utah)

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-24

  Hoopes, John C ^a,c   McBride, John H ^a   Christiansen, Eric H ^a   Kowallis, Bart J ^a   Thompson, Timothy J ^b   Tingey, David G ^a   Okojie Ayoro, Anita O ^a,d   Yaede, Johnathan R ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b GeoStrata LLC   (United States)

^c Anadarko Petroleum   (United States)

^d WESTERNGECO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Landslides; Rocky Mountains; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893875048     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.20.1.1     Document Type: Article

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