"On-zone" and "off-zone" geomorphic features for multirisk assessment related to slope dynamics in the Icelandic fjords

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 91, Issue , 2006, Pages 23-32

  Decaulne, A ^a,b   Saemundsson, Th ^a  

^a Natural Research Centre of Northwest Iceland   (Iceland)

^b Laboratoire de geographie physique et environnementale Clermont Ferrand   (France)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Dendrogeomorphology; Field investigations; Fjoras; Iceland; Multirisk assessment; Snow avalanches; Snow avalanche induced tsunamis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DAMAGE; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; FJORD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE INVESTIGATION; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SNOW AVALANCHE; TOPOGRAPHY; TSUNAMI;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 36148977573     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/RISK060031     Document Type: Article

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