Rainfall thresholds for the initiation of landslides in central and southern Europe

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 239-267

  Guzzetti, F ^a   Peruccacci, S ^a   Rossi, M ^a   Stark, C P ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; THRESHOLD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37049034682     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-007-0262-7     Document Type: Article

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