GIS modelling of slope stability in Phewa Tal watershed, Nepal

Geomorphology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 151-170

  Rowbotham, David N ^a   Dudycha, Douglas ^b  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DEM; Logistic regression; Terrain

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; SLOPE STABILITY;

NEPAL;

EID: 0032313616     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00056-7     Document Type: Article

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