Structural, geomorphological and geomechanical aspects of the Koyulhisar landslides in the North Anatolian Fault Zone (Sivas, Turkey)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-60

  Sendir, Hüseyin ^a   Yilmaz, Isik ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Faulting; Kinematical analyses; Landslide; Rainfall RMR; Slope stability; SMR

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; KINEMATICS; RAIN; ROCKS;

SLOPE MOVEMENTS;

LANDSLIDES;

FAULTING; GEOMECHANICS; LANDSLIDE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; RAINFALL; SLOPE STABILITY;

TURKEY;

EID: 0036589931     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0528-9     Document Type: Article

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