Preliminary rock-slope-susceptibility assessment using GIS and the SMR classification

Natural Hazards

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-324

  Irigaray, C ^a   Fernandez T ^b   Chacon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

GIS; Granada coast; Rock slope; SMR; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING METHOD; MASS MOVEMENT; ROCK AVALANCHE; SLOPE STABILITY;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 0742305098     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000007178.44617.c6     Document Type: Article

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