Assessing susceptibility to landslides: Using models to understand observed changes in slopes

Geomorphology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 25-38

  Regmi, Netra R ^a   Giardino, John R ^a   Vitek, John D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency ratio; Fuzzy operators; Landslides; Susceptibility map West central Colorado; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955280912     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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