Modeling the spatial distribution of landslide-prone colluvium and shallow groundwater on hillslopes of Seattle, WA

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-141

  Schulz, William H ^a,b   Lidke, David J ^a   Godt, Jonathan W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal bluff; Colluvium; Groundwater; Landscape development; Landslide

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HAZARDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIGITAL GEOLOGIC MAPS; DIGITAL TOPOGRAPHY; GROUDWATER MODEL;

LANDSLIDES;

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HAZARDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDSLIDES; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUIFER; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DIGITAL MAPPING; GIS; GROUNDWATER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HILLSLOPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDSLIDE; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 38749145920     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1535     Document Type: Article

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