Landslides in the North of Lisbon Region (Portugal): Conditioning and triggering factors

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part A: Solid Earth and Geodesy

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 925-934

  Zezere J L ^a   Ferreira, A B ^a   Rodrigues, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; SLOPE STABILITY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0033394027     PISSN: 14641895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1895(99)00137-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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