A cellular automaton for the factor of safety field in landslides modeling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Piegari, E ^a   Cataudella, V ^a   Di Maio, R ^a   Milano, L ^a   Nicodemi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SHEAR STRESS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; LANDSLIDE DISTRIBUTION; LANDSLIDE INVENTORIES; LANDSLIDES MODELING;

LANDSLIDES;

LANDSLIDE; MODELING;

EID: 33644624379     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024759     Document Type: Article

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