Integrated geophysical and morphostratigraphic approach to investigate a coseismic (?) translational slide responsible for the destruction of the Montclús village (Spanish Pyrenees)

Landslides

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 655-671

  Zarroca, M ^a   Linares, R ^a   Roque C ^b   Rosell, J ^c   Gutierrez F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra Universidad de Zaragoza ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deep seated landslide; Earthquake induced landslide; Electrical resistivity imaging; Morphostratigraphy; Seismic refraction; Spain

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LANDSLIDES; REFRACTION; RURAL AREAS; STRATIGRAPHY;

EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED LANDSLIDES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING; MORPHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SPAIN;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 84905563702     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-013-0427-z     Document Type: Article

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