Techniques for landslide hazard zonation - Application to Srinagar-Rudraprayag area of Garhwal Himalaya

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-230

  Sarkar, S ^a   Gupta, Pravin K ^b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Garhwal Himalaya; Hazard zonation; Landslide; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; SLOPE STABILITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL; WORLD;

EID: 17644371014     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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