Morphometric and multispectral image analysis of debris flows for natural hazard assessment

Geocarto International

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-70

  Walsh, Stephen J ^a   Butler, David R ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DEBRIS FLOW; GIS; HAZARD ANALYSIS; HAZARD MAP; HAZARD VULNERABILITY; LANDSAT TM; LANDSLIDE; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL HAZARD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGING;

EID: 0030660577     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049709354574     Document Type: Article

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