Transient hazard model using radar data for predicting debris flows in Madison County, Virginia

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-296

  Morrissey, Meghan M ^a   Wieczorek, Gerald F ^b   Morgan, Ben A ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological process; Hydrogeology; Infiltration; Landslides; Modeling; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; PORE PRESSURE; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SLOPE STABILITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

MADISON COUNTY [VIRGINIA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12444275669     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/10.4.285     Document Type: Article

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