Sliding rocks on Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park: First observation of rocks in motion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Norris, Richard D ^a   Norris, James M ^b   Lorenz, Ralph D ^c   Ray, Jib ^b   Jackson, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Interwoof ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SNOW; ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ICE SHEET; NATIONAL PARK; ROCK; ROCK MOVEMENT; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER FLOW; WIND; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANDSLIDE; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ICE; LANDSLIDES; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WIND;

EID: 84928738999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105948     Document Type: Article

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