Portuguese Bend Landslide, Palos Verdes Hills, California

In the Palos Verdes Hills an ancient complex landslide affects several hundred acres of seaward-dipping tuffaceous Miocene shales. In 1956 about one-fourth of the area of this slide began moving again along 6 to 7 degree slope by earthflow and shifting of large blocks. Movement is continuing at a ra...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of geology 1960-03, Vol.68 (2), p.140-153
1. Verfasser:	Merriam, Richard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Caissons Erosion Geology Landslides Photographic slides Rocks Scarps Sediments Shales Tuff
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