Rainfall thresholds for the initiation of landslide at Lanta Khola in north Sikkim, India

Natural Hazards

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-42

  Sengupta, A ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Anbarasu, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Landslide; Lanta Khola; Rainfall; Rainfall threshold; Sikkim

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; LANDSLIDE; MONSOON; MOTORWAY; PERMEABILITY; RAINFALL;

INDIA; SIKKIM;

EID: 72549108128     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9352-9     Document Type: Article

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