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Rock avalanche deposits store quantitative evidence on internal shear during runout by Zhang, M., McSaveney, M. J.

“…We investigated the quantitative effect of internal shear on grain breakage during rock avalanche runout, by means of 38 ring‐shear experiments on identical…”
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The role of rock fragmentation in the motion of large landslides by Davies, T.R., McSaveney, M.J.

“…By considering the implications of the comminution generally associated with very large landslides, we arrive at a simple explanation for the remarkably low…”
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Patterns of movement in reactivated landslides by Massey, C.I., Petley, D.N., McSaveney, M.J.

“…The primary aim of this research was to study the relationship between landslide motion and its causes, with reference to large, slow moving, reactivated…”
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Dynamic liquefaction of shear zones in intact loess during simulated earthquake loading by Carey, J. M., McSaveney, M. J., Petley, D. N.

“…The 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence in New Zealand exposed loess-mantled slopes in the area to very high levels of seismic excitation (locally…”
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Rock slope response to strong earthquake shaking by Massey, C., Della Pasqua, F., Holden, C., Kaiser, A., Richards, L., Wartman, J., McSaveney, M. J., Archibald, G., Yetton, M., Janku, L.

“…The 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquakes triggered many mass movements in the Port Hills including rockfalls, debris avalanches, slides and slumps, and associated…”
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Surface energy is not one of the energy losses in rock comminution by McSaveney, M.J., Davies, T.R.

“…It has been argued that fragmentation is an energy-consuming process, which cannot increase landslide mobility. This argument fails on three counts. (1) Most…”
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Stick‐Slip Nucleation and Failure in Uniform Glass Beads Detected by Acoustic Emissions in Ring‐Shear Experiments: Implications for Identifying the Acoustic Emissions of Earthquake Foreshocks by Gou, H. X., Hu, W., Xu, Q., Huang, R. Q., McSaveney, M. J., Jia, X., Wang, Y. J.

“…Stress accumulation and release reflected by acoustic emissions (AEs) during shearing of granular materials provide important information on failure mechanisms…”
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Influence of runout-path material on emplacement of the Round Top rock avalanche, New Zealand by Dufresne, A., Davies, T.R., McSaveney, M.J.

“…Factors influencing the distance a disintegrating rock mass travels as it spreads across the landscape after detaching from a slope include the volume and…”
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Variation in Granular Frictional Resistance Across Nine Orders of Magnitude in Shear Velocity by Gou, H. X., Hu, W., Xu, Q., Chen, Jianye, McSaveney, M. J., Breard, Eric C. P., Huang, R. Q., Wang, Y. J., Jia, X. P., Zhou, L.

“…Determining the shear‐velocity dependence of dry granular friction can provide insight into the controlling variables in a dry granular friction law. Some…”
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Rock avalanche on 14 July 2014 from Hillary Ridge, Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand by Cox, S. C., McSaveney, M. J., Spencer, J., Allen, S. K., Ashraf, S., Hancox, G. T., Sirguey, P., Salichon, J., Ferris, B. G.

“…A large rock avalanche fell from the slope below Hillary Ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook at 21:32 (New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) = UTC + 12 h) on Monday 14 July…”
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The January 2013 Wanganui River debris flood resulting from a large rock avalanche from Mt Evans, Westland, New Zealand by Carey, J. M., Hancox, G. T., McSaveney, M. J.

“…At 9:16 a.m. on 2 January 2013, a flood in Wanganui River, South Westland, severed a fibre-optic communications cable and the road link to south Westland…”
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Dynamic simulation of the motion of fragmenting rock avalanches by Davies, T R, McSaveney, M J

“…A mass-referenced continuum model for dynamic analysis of rapid mass movement (DAN) is verified by laboratory and field data. Increased earth pressure…”
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Comment on “The Reduction of Friction in Long‐Runout Landslides as an Emergent Phenomenon” by Brandon C. Johnson, Charles S. Campbell, and H. Jay Melosh by Davies, T. R. H., McSaveney, M. J.

“…Key Points The model of Johnson et al. (2016) does not realistically represent rock avalanche material composition Rock avalanche deposits contain large…”
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Basal sliding and plastic deformation of a slow, reactivated landslide in New Zealand by Massey, C.I., Petley, D.N., McSaveney, M.J., Archibald, G.

“…The Taihape landslide is a large, deep-seated, translational rockslide in central North Island of New Zealand, one of over 7000 large landslides mapped in the…”
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Runout of dry granular avalanches by Davies, T R, McSaveney, M J

“…Laboratory experiments on granular avalanching of dry sands and gravels reveal a consistent pattern of runout distance varying with fall height, fall slope,…”
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A fragmentation-spreading model for long-runout rock avalanches by Davies, T R, McSaveney, M J, Hodgson, K A

“…Based on the observation that deposits of large rock avalanches consist predominantly of intensely fragmented rock debris, it is proposed that the processes of…”
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GIS modelling in support of earthquake-induced rockfall and cliff collapse risk assessment in the Port Hills, Christchurch by Heron, D., Lukovic, B., Massey, C., Ries, W., McSaveney, M.

“…Ground shaking associated with the 22 February 2011 M w 6.2 Christchurch earthquake exceeded MM10 and dislodged boulders from cliffs on the upper slopes of the…”
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The Keylong Serai rock avalanche, NW Indian Himalaya: geomorphology and palaeoseismic implications by Mitchell, W. A., McSaveney, M. J., Zondervan, A., Kim, K., Dunning, S. A., Taylor, P. J.

“…This paper describes the geomorphology of rock avalanche deposits that resulted from a major mountain slope failure at Keylong Serai on the north slope of the…”
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The Acheron rock avalanche, Canterbury, New Zealand—morphology and dynamics by Smith, G. M., Davies, T. R., McSaveney, M. J., Bell, D. H.

“…The 1100-year-old Acheron rock avalanche deposit lies in an active tectonic setting in Canterbury, New Zealand, and has a volume of ten million cubic metres…”
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A polished and striated pavement formed by a rock avalanche in under 90 s mimics a glacially striated pavement by Hu, W., McSaveney, M.J.

“…A polished and striated bedrock surface resembling a classical glacial striated pavement formed in 2009 in substantially <90 s beneath a rock avalanche on…”
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