Quantitative risk analysis for landslides - Examples from Bíldudalur, NW-Iceland

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-131

  Bell, R ^a   Glade, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 11844284589     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-4-117-2004     Document Type: Article

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