Testing a model for predicting the timing and location of shallow landslide initiation in soil-mantled landscapes

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 925-950

  Casadei, M ^a   Dietrich, W E ^a   Miller, N L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital terrain modelling; Hydrology; Shallow landslides; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDES; RAIN; STORMS;

LANDSCAPES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSLIDE; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 0141639604     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.470     Document Type: Article

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