Influence of sample and terrain unit on landslide susceptibility assessment at La Pobla de Lillet, Eastern Pyrenees, Spain

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-167

  Baeza, Cristina ^a   Lantada, N ^a   Moya, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Eastern Pyrenees; GIS; Landslides; Terrain units

Indexed keywords

CATEGORICAL VARIABLES; CELL SIZE; EASTERN PYRENEES; GIS; GRID CELLS; ITS EVALUATION; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEAN ERRORS; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; PYRENEES; REGULAR GRIDS; SAMPLE SIZES; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SLOPE ANGLES; SLOPE UNIT; STUDY AREAS; SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPS; T-TESTS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GIS; LANDSLIDE; MORPHOMETRY; SLOPE ANGLE; TERRAIN;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; LA POBLA DE LILLET; SPAIN;

EID: 77954077549     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0176-4     Document Type: Article

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