Dating of debris flow fan complexes from Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China: The potential relationship between landslide activity and climate change

Geomorphology

Volumn 248, Issue , 2015, Pages 205-227

  Sewell, R J ^a   Parry, S ^b,f   Millis, S W ^c   Wang, N ^d   Rieser, U ^d,g   DeWitt, R ^e,h  

^a Hong Kong Geological Survey Civil Engineering and Development Department HKSAR Government   (China)

^b Hollywood Centre   (China)

^c Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Ltd   (China)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Parry Engineering Geological Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g Department of Physics East Carolina University ^*  (New Zealand)

^h EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Debris flow fans; Hong Kong; Landslides; Late Quaternary; Luminescence dating

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEBRIS FLOW; HOLOCENE; LANDSLIDE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MONSOON; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY; UPLAND REGION;

CHINA; HONG KONG; LANTAU ISLAND;

EID: 84938929212     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.07.041     Document Type: Article

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