GIS-based landslide hazard zonation: A case study from the Parwanoo area, Lesser and Outer Himalaya, H.P., India

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-137

  Sharma, Mukta ^a   Kumar, Ravindra ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; Himalayas; Landslide hazard zonation; Probability; Weights of evidence modelling

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY; ZONING;

LANDSLIDE HAZARD ZONATION; WEIGHTS OF EVIDENCE MODELLING;

LANDSLIDES;

GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; LANDSLIDE; MODELING; PROBABILITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; ZONATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; LESSER HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 39149105985     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-007-0113-2     Document Type: Article

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