Landslide susceptibility analysis with a heuristic approach in the Eastern Alps (Vorarlberg, Austria)

Geomorphology

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 314-324

  Ruff, M ^a   Czurda, K ^b  

^a Ingenieure Bart AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

GIS; Index Method; Landslides; Northern Calcareous Alps; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FIELD SURVEY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDEX METHOD; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; SLOPE ANGLE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; VORARLBERG;

EID: 38349085101     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.10.032     Document Type: Article

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