Regional-scale landslide susceptibility mapping using the weights of evidence method: An example applied to linear infrastructure

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 905-927

  Quinn, P E ^a   Hutchinson, D J ^b   Diederichs, M S ^b   Rowe, R K ^b  

^a BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hazard; Landslide; Risk; Susceptibility; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

BIVARIATE; CHAMPLAIN SEAS; DESCRIPTORS; FLOW ACCUMULATION; GROUND ELEVATION; LANDSLIDE HAZARD; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING; LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE; MARINE SOILS; REGIONAL SCALE; SOIL THICKNESS; SOIL TYPES; STUDY AREAS; TERRAIN FEATURES; TOTAL LENGTH;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; SOILS; SURVEYS;

LANDSLIDES;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ELEVATION; FLOW PATTERN; GROUND CONDITIONS; LAND USE; LANDSLIDE; LINEARITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; REGIONAL PATTERN; SLOPE; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL TYPE;

SAINT LAWRENCE LOWLANDS;

EID: 77955573733     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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