Susceptibility assessment of earthquake-triggered landslides in El Salvador using logistic regression

Geomorphology

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 172-191

  Garcia Rodriguez M J ^a   Malpica, J A ^b   Benito, B ^a   Diaz M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

El Salvador; Geographical Information Systems (GIS); Landslide susceptibility; Logistic regression; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GIS; LAND USE; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL TYPE; TERRAIN;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 39149109975     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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