Modelling the probability of occurrence of shallow landslides and channelized debris flows using GEOtop-FS

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 532-545

  Simoni, Silvia ^a   Zanotti, Fabrizio ^a   Bertoldi, Giacomo ^a   Rigon, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Failure probability; Shallow landslides; Soil characterization; Stability anaylsis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; PROBABILITY; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

CHANNELIZED DEBRIS FLOW; RICHARD'S EQUATION; SHALLOW LANDSLIDES; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

LANDSLIDES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; LANDSLIDES; PROBABILITY; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

DEBRIS FLOW; LANDSLIDE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MODELING; PROBABILITY; RICHARDS EQUATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39749127244     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6886     Document Type: Article

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