Analysis of topographic and climatic control on rainfall-triggered shallow landsliding using a quasi-dynamic wetness index

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 268, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 56-71

  Borga, Marco ^a   Dalla Fontana, Giancarlo ^a   Cazorzi, Federico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Erosion thresholds; Landslide hazard; Shallow landsliding; Subsurface flow; Wetness index

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; RAIN; SOILS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

LANDSLIDES;

LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ITALY;

EID: 0036845046     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00118-X     Document Type: Article

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