Spatial patterns of old, deep-seated landslides: A case-study in the northern Ethiopian highlands

Geomorphology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 239-252

  Van Den Eeckhaut, M ^a,b   Moeyersons, J ^c   Nyssen, J ^d   Abraha, Amanuel ^e   Poesen, J ^a   Haile, Mitiku ^e   Deckers, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopian highlands; Landslide susceptibility; Spatial validation; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DEBRIS FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAZARD; HILLSLOPE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY;

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

EID: 60349123686     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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