GIS-assisted modelling for debris flow hazard assessment based on the events of May 1998 in the area of Sarno, Southern Italy: Part I. Maximum run-out

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1491-1502

  Toyos, Guillermo ^a,f   Dorta, D Oramas ^b   Oppenheimer, C ^a   Pareschi, M T ^c   Sulpizio, R ^d   Zanchetta, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Debris flows; GIS; Hazard assessment; Mobility; Volume

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DEBRIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HAZARDS; MAPPING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW;

DEBRIS FLOW; FLOW MOBILITY; FLOW VOLUME; HAZARD ASSESSMENT;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CORRELATION METHODS; DEBRIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HAZARDS; MAPPING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW;

DEBRIS FLOW; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SALERNO; SARNO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548625546     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1472     Document Type: Article

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