Rapid zonation of abrupt mass movement hazard: Part I. General principles

Geomorphology

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 214-225

  Ni, J R ^a,b   Liu, R Z ^a,b   Wai, Onyx W H ^c   Borthwick, Alistair G L ^d   Ge, X D ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abrupt mass movement hazard; Clustering; Rapid hazard assessment; Zonation approach

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAMAGE; DEBRIS FLOW; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; ROCKFALL; ZONATION;

EID: 33748907389     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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