The relationship between the probability of landslide occurrence and rainfall

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 811-824

  Finlay, P J ^a   Fell, R ^a   Maguire, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extreme rainfall; Landslides; Prediction of landslides; Probability; Rainfall; Threshold rainfall

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RAIN GAGES; STORMS;

EXTREME RAINFALL; THRESHOLD RAINFALL;

RAIN;

LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL;

EID: 0031393248     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t97-047     Document Type: Article

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