Shallow landslides in pyroclastic soils: A distributed modelling approach for hazard assessment

Engineering Geology

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 277-295

  Frattini, Paolo ^a   Crosta, Giovanni B ^a   Fusi, Nicoletta ^a   Dal Negro, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debris flow; GIS; Hazard assessment; Hydrological models; Pyroclastic soil; Shallow landslide

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS;

DEBRIS FLOWS; QUASI-DYNAMIC MODELS; RAINSTORMS;

LANDSLIDES;

GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142660200     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.01.009     Document Type: Article

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