A simple numerical procedure for timely prediction of precipitation-induced landslides in unsaturated pyroclastic soils

Landslides

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-289

  Pagano, Luca ^a   Picarelli, Luciano ^b   Rianna, Guido ^a   Urciuoli, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antecedent rainfall; Early warning systems; Precipitation induced landslides; Pyroclastic soils; Slope failure; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT RAINFALL; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION-INDUCED LANDSLIDES; PYROCLASTIC SOILS; SLOPE FAILURE;

FORECASTING; LANDSLIDES; RAIN; SOILS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; URBANIZATION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

EID: 77955708278     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-010-0216-x     Document Type: Article

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