Probabilistic sinkhole modelling for hazard assessment

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-452

  Galve, J P ^a   Gutierrez F ^a   Lucha, P ^a   Guerrero, J ^a   Bonachea, J ^b   Remondo, J ^b   Cendrero, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GIS; Hazard; Sinkhole; Spatio temporal probability; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; EVAPORITE; FLOOD PLAINS; GENETIC TYPE; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MAP; HAZARD MODELS; MITIGATION MEASURES; PREDICTION CAPABILITY; SINKHOLE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; SUSCEPTIBILITY;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOIL CONSERVATION;

HAZARDS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COLLAPSE; EVAPORITE; FLOODPLAIN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; PROBABILITY; SINKHOLE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EBRO VALLEY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 66149100992     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1753     Document Type: Article

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