Landslide hazard susceptibility mapping based on terrain and climatic factors for tropical monsoon regions

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 275-287

  Nagarajan, R ^a   Roy, A ^a   Vinod Kumar, R ^a   Mukherjee, A ^a   Khire, M V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Basalt; Colluvium; Landslide hazard zonation; Monsoon area; Residual material; Weightings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000138650     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100649900032     Document Type: Article

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