Annual risk assessment on high-frequency debris-flow fans

Natural Hazards

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-477

  Hu, Kaiheng ^a,b   Li, Yong ^a,b   Wei, Fangqiang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Annual loss ratio; Debris flow; Gamma function; Probability model; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEBRIS FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGJIA RAVINE; YUNNAN;

EID: 67349124186     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-008-9290-y     Document Type: Article

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