A warning system for rainfall-induced shallow failures

Engineering Geology

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 247-265

  Aleotti, Pietro ^a  

^a Moviri SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Piedmont Region (Italy); Rainfall; Shallow failures; Soil slips; Triggering thresholds; Warning system

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; CLIMATOLOGY; DEBRIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS;

CLIMATIC SETTINGS; DEBRIS FLOWS; SOLI SLIPS;

RAIN;

DEBRIS FLOW; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WARNING SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142759574     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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