Identification of potential rockfall source areas at a regional scale using a DEM-based geomorphometric analysis

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1643-1653

  Loye, A ^a   Jaboyedoff, M ^a   Pedrazzini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; MORPHOMETRY; ROCKFALL; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY; TERRAIN;

EID: 77953747092     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1643-2009     Document Type: Article

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