Triggering factors of landslides in Campos do Jordão city, Brazil

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-244

  Ahrendt, Adriana ^a   Zuquette, Lázaro Valentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Campos do Jorda ; Rainfall; Translational landslides; Unconsolidated material

Indexed keywords

CLAY; LANDSLIDES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

SANDY CLAY LAYERS;

GEOLOGY;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; SLOPE STABILITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0141861084     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-003-0191-8     Document Type: Article

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