Sherman Landslide, Alaska
Triggered by the earthquake of 27 March 1964, 3 × 10 7 cubic meters of rock fell 600 meters, then slid at high speed 5 kilometers across the nearly level Sherman glacier near Cordova. The landslide has a number of significant new features in addition to those typical of other large landslides that m...
| Published in: | Science |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1966
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.154.3757.1639 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.154.3757.1639 |
| Summary: | Triggered by the earthquake of 27 March 1964, 3 × 10 7 cubic meters of rock fell 600 meters, then slid at high speed 5 kilometers across the nearly level Sherman glacier near Cordova. The landslide has a number of significant new features in addition to those typical of other large landslides that may have slid on a layer of trapped and compressed air. |
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