New Geosphere article examines massive 2014 Colorado avalanche
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 16:01
in Earth & Climate
On 25 May 2014, a rain-on-snow-induced rock avalanche occurred in the West Salt Creek valley on the northern flank of Grand Mesa in western Colorado (United States). The avalanche mobilized from a preexisting rock slide in the Green River Formation and traveled 4.6 km down the confined valley, killing three people.