Rainfall characteristics for shallow landsliding in Seattle, Washington, USA

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-110

  Godt, Jonathan W ^a   Baum, Rex L ^a   Chleborad, Alan F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Landslide; Rainfall threshold

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RAIN; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DEBRIS FLOW; RAINFLOW THRESHOLD; SHALLOW LANDSLIDING;

LANDSLIDES;

DEBRIS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; LANDSLIDES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RAIN; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 32444446924     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1237     Document Type: Article

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