Assessing potential debris flow runout: A comparison of two simulation models

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 961-971

  Pirulli, M ^a   Sorbino, G ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACK ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEBRIS FLOW; FLOW MODELING; PREDICTION; RHEOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51049091886     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-961-2008     Document Type: Article

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