Macro landslide hazard zonation mapping using univariate statistical analysis in a part of Garhwal Himalaya

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 353-368

  Naithani, Ajay K ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dudatoli; Garhwal Himalaya; Hazard; Hydro geological; Landslide; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; PROBABILITY; SLOPE STABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZONATION;

ASIA; ATAGAD RIVER; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 38149019192     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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