Statistical analysis of landslide events in Central America and their run-out distance

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-42

  Devoli, Graziella ^a,b   De Blasio, Fabio V ^a,b   Elverhøi, Anders ^a,b   Høeg, Kaare ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central America; Debris flows; Lahars; Landslides; Nicaragua; Run out distance

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COLLOIDS; DEBRIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLCANOES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; DEBRIS FLOWS; LAHARS; NICARAGUA; RUN-OUT DISTANCE;

LANDSLIDES;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DEBRIS FLOW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LAHAR; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 58149279204     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-008-9209-0     Document Type: Article

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