Kinematics of earthflows in the Northern California Coast Ranges using satellite interferometry

Geomorphology

Volumn 246, Issue , 2015, Pages 321-333

  Handwerger, Alexander L ^a   Roering, Joshua J ^a   Schmidt, David A ^b   Rempel, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthflows; Eel river, CA; InSAR; Slow moving landslides

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; LANDSLIDE; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SLIDING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; EEL RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924123051     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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