Mass movement mapping for geomorphological understanding and sustainable development: Tigray, Ethiopia

Catena

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-54

  Moeyersons, J ^a   Van Den Eeckhaut, M ^b   Nyssen, J ^c   Gebreyohannes, Tesfamichael ^d   Van de Wauw, J ^c   Hofmeister, J ^e   Poesen, J ^b   Deckers, J ^b   Mitiku, Haile ^d  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creep; Ethiopia; Landslides; Mass movements; Rockfall; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; AQUITARD; BASALT; CLIFF; DEBRIS FLOW; ESCARPMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; MOUNTAIN; PLATEAU; SANDSTONE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIGRAY;

EID: 49649127878     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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