Landslide-triggering rainfall thresholds: A conceptual framework

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-84

  Cepeda, J ^a,b   Hoeg K ^a,b   Nadim, F ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; LANDSLIDE-PRONE REGIONS; NEW TOOLS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RAINFALL SERIES; RISK MITIGATION STRATEGY; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

LANDSLIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; TREND ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 77953909883     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-066     Document Type: Article

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