Susceptibility analysis for slides and rockfall: An example from the Northern Calcareous Alps (Vorarlberg, Austria)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 441-452

  Ruff, Michael ^a   Rohn, Joachim ^b,c  

^a Ingenieure Bart AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austria; GIS; Landslides; Northern Calcareous Alps; Rockfall; Susceptibility; Vorarlberg

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MAPS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (SPM) CLASSES; AUSTRIA; CELL SIZES; COST ANALYSIS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); GENERAL (CO); GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; GRID DATA; LAND USE; REGIONAL SCALES; ROCK FALLS; ROLLING ROCK; SEMI QUANTITATIVE; SLOPE ANGLES; SLOPE ASPECT; SPRINGER (CO); SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPS; TECTONIC FAULTS; ZACATECAS , MEXICO;

TRAJECTORIES;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION; GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING; GIS; LANDSLIDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCKFALL; SLOPE ANGLE;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; VORARLBERG;

EID: 46249102620     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0990-5     Document Type: Article

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