Slope instability in Nicaragua triggered by Hurricane Mitch: Distribution of shallow mass movements

Environmental Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 290-300

  Menéndez Duarte, Rosana ^a   Marquínez, Jorge ^a   Devoli, Graziella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b INETER   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Hurricane Mitch; Logistic regression; Shallow mass movements; Slope instability; Susceptibility model

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDES; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOPE STABILITY;

SHALLOW MASS MOVEMENTS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

HURRICANE; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; RAINFALL; SLOPE STABILITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0038234887     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-003-0771-8     Document Type: Article

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