Distributed modelling of shallow landslides triggered by intense rainfall

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 81-93

  Crosta, G B ^a   Frattini, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 1642368325     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-3-81-2003     Document Type: Article

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