Lithologic, structural, and topographic influences on snow-avalanche path location, eastern Glacier National Park, Montana

Auteurs :
BUTLER, D. R.
WALSH, S. J.

Description :
The AA. illustrate the influence of rock hardness and structural lineaments in spatially determining where snow-avalanche paths are located. They also demonstrate the utility of a Geographical Information System (GIS) approach in examining the spatial relationships among these variables and avalanche paths.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, issn : 0004-5608, 1990, vol. 80, n°. 3, p. 362-378, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 68 réf.

Date :
1990

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Washington, DC, Association of American Geographers