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Record #164825:

Avalanche of peat in the Falkland Islands / John Mulvany.

Title: Avalanche of peat in the Falkland Islands / John Mulvany.
Author(s): Mulvany, John.
Date: 1879.
In: Royal Geographical Society. Proceedings. (1879.), New series 1(12) (1879)
Abstract: Description of avalanche of peat, with consequent destruction of some livestock, from the hill-top bog above Stanley, following unusually heavy rain in late November 1879.
Notes:

Royal Geographical Society. Proceedings. New series 1(12) :803-805 (1879).

Keywords: 551.58 -- Climatology.
551.582 -- Climatology of particular places.
553.97 -- Peat deposits.
624.139.32 -- Soil stability in seasonally frozen ground.
631.43 -- Soils, physical and mechanical properties.
93"187" -- 1870-1879.
B -- Geology and soil sciences.
(*7) -- Antarctic regions.
(*721) -- Falkland Islands.
SPRI record no.: 164825

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