Impacts of anthropogenic and environmental factors on the occurrence of shallow landslides in an alpine catchment (Urseren Valley, Switzerland)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 509-520

  Meusburger, K ^a   Alewell, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; VALLEY;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; URI; URSEREN VALLEY;

BOS;

EID: 44349166809     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-509-2008     Document Type: Article

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