Catastrophic rock-slope failures in NW Scotland:quantitative analysis and implications

126 postglacial catastrophic rock-slope failures (PRSFs) and 66 debris-free failure scarps (DFFSs) were identified using Google Earth™ imagery on Lewisian Gneiss (LG), Torridon Sandstone (TS), Cambrian Quartzite (CQ) and Moine Schist (MS) terrains in NW Scotland. Normalisation of these data for area...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Scottish Geographical Journal
Main Authors: Cave, James, Ballantyne, Colin K.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Rock-slope failures
Debris-free failure scarps
Lithology
Earthquakes
Lateglacial
Cirques
Loch Lomond
Upper Rock
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/catastrophic-rockslope-failures-in-nw-scotland(06b67f41-9acc-4cea-a0b0-00e552cf1ee8).html
https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2016.1156148

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