Soil slip/debris flow localized by site attributes and wind-driven rain in the San Francisco Bay region storm of January 1982

Geomorphology

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 290-313

  Pike, Richard J ^a   Sobieszczyk, Steven ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Debris flow; Digital terrain modelling; GIS; Hillside properties; Slope aspect; Soil slips; Wind driven rainfall

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS; WIND FORCING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349074225     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.09.024     Document Type: Article

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