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  <dc:contributor>S.S.W. Chinn</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>J.C. Brice</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>B.L. Jones</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1984</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;div id="15568921" class="article-section-wrapper js-article-section js-content-section  " data-section-parent-id="0"&gt;&lt;p&gt;In October 1981 a mass of rock and soil having an estimated volume of 500,000 m&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;fell as a rock fall-avalanche from a steep slope 800 m high near the head of Olokele Canyon on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Boulders were launched into the air from a bench on the slope for a downstream distance of about 850 m. The velocity of the avalanche was rapidly diminished by impact against the valley sides, and it became a muddy debris flow that traveled 4.6 km downstream, severely eroding the valley sides. The volume of debris deposited on the canyon bottom is estimated to be 2,500,000 m&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, or about four times the volume derived from the slope. Slope failure is attributed to gradual undercutting and loss of shear strength in beds of weathered ash and to joints in a thick basaltic cap rock.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1130/0091-7613(1984)12&lt;209:ORAIOK&gt;2.0.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Geological Society of America</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Olokele rock avalanche, island of Kauai, Hawaii</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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