Rainfall thresholds for the possible occurrence of landslides in Italy

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-458

  Brunetti, M T ^a   Peruccacci, S ^a   Rossi, M ^a   Luciani, S ^b   Valigi, D ^b   Guzzetti, F ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SLOPE FAILURE; THRESHOLD;

ITALY;

EID: 77949462468     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-447-2010     Document Type: Article

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