Magnitude and frequency of landslides triggered by a storm event, Loughborough Inlet, British Columbia

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 475-483

  Guthrie, R H ^a   Evans, S G ^b  

^a Min of Water Land/Air Protection   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; STORM; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4544287369     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-4-475-2004     Document Type: Article

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