The predictable time scale of landslides

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 307-312

  Qin, S Q ^a   Jiao, J J ^a   Wang, S J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chaos; Landslide; Lyapunov exponent; Predictable time scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007805727     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100640000062     Document Type: Article

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