Modeling typhoon- and earthquake-induced landslides in a mountainous watershed using logistic regression

Geomorphology

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 335-347

  Chang, Kang Tsung ^a   Chiang, Shou Hao ^a   Hsu, Mei Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake induced; Landslide modeling; Logistic regression; Taiwan; Typhoon induced; Wetness index

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LANDSLIDE; LOGISTICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLOPE STABILITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TYPHOON; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34447324978     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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