Relationship between rainfall and shallow landslides in the southern Apuan Alps (Italy)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-364

  Giannecchini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE TOURISM; LANDSLIDE; MARBLE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

APENNINES; APUANE ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 33747106171     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-357-2006     Document Type: Article

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