Climate change effects on landslides along the southwest coast of British Columbia

Geomorphology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 275-284

  Jakob, Matthias ^a   Lambert, Steven ^b  

^a BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antecedent rainfall; Climate change; Debris flows; Landslides; Rainfall intensity

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DEBRIS FLOW; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65249083912     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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