Macro-zonation of landslide hazard in the environs of Baira dam project, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-432

  Sharma, V K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Baira dam; Chamba district; Himachal Himalaya; Landslides; Macro zonation; Numerical weightage

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SLOPE STABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERRAIN; ZONATION;

ASIA; CHAMBA; EURASIA; HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

LEUCAENA TRICHODES;

EID: 44449159818     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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