Modelling landslide hazard, soil redistribution and sediment yield of landslides on the Ugandan footslopes of Mount Elgon

Geomorphology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 23-35

  Claessens, L ^a   Knapen, A ^b   Kitutu, M G ^c   Poesen, J ^b   Deckers, J A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c National Environment Management Authority   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Landslide hazard mapping; LAPSUS LS; Manjiya; Shallow landslides; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MOUNT ELGON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 34547639335     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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