A method for developing regional road-fill failure hazard assessments using GIS and virtual fieldwork

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-229

  Sas Jr , Robert J ^a   Sklar, Leonard S ^a   Eaton, L Scott ^b   Davis, Jerry ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; GIS; Landslides; Management; Models; Probability

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; ROADS AND STREETS;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FIELDWORK; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; LIDAR; MAPPING METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY;

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53549121704     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.14.3.221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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