The June 27, 2001 landslide on volcanic cones in Limbe, Mount Cameroon, West Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3-5, 2004, Pages 435-439

  Ayonghe, S N ^a   Ntasin, E B ^a   Samalang, P ^b   Suh, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Landslide scars; Mount Cameroon; Rainfall; Rotational sliding; Tension cracks; Volcanic cones regolith

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CALDERA; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLOODING; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; SLOPE STABILITY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOUNT CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 8644284903     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.07.022     Document Type: Article

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