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Science 30 December 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3757, pp. 1639 - 1643
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3757.1639
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Sherman Landslide, Alaska

Ronald L. Shreve 1

1 Department of Geology and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles

Triggered by the earthquake of 27 March 1964, 3 x 107 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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