Long-term modelling of landslides for different forest management practices

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 853-868

  Dhakal, Amod S ^a   Sidle, Roy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Partial cutting; Root strength; Safety factor; Simulation; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; VEGETATION;

TREE SURCHARGE;

LANDSLIDES;

CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODELING; SLOPE STABILITY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

EID: 0141706972     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.499     Document Type: Article

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