A hydroclimatic threshold for landslide initiation on the North Shore Mountains of Vancouver, British Columbia

Geomorphology

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 137-156

  Jakob, Matthias ^a   Weatherly, Hamish ^a  

^a Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climatic thresholds; Debris flows; Landslides; Multivariate statistics

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW; THRESHOLD; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 0141625702     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00339-2     Document Type: Article

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