The Laalam (Algeria) damaging landslide triggered by a moderate earthquake (Mw = 5.2)

Natural Hazards

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-272

  Bouhadad, Y ^a   Benhamouche, A ^a   Bourenane, H ^a   Ouali, A Ait ^a   Chikh, M ^a   Guessoum, N ^a  

^a Centre National de Recherche Appliquee en Genie Parasismique   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Damaging; Earthquake; Induced hazards; Landslide

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE FAILURE;

ALGERIA;

EID: 77955769002     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9466-0     Document Type: Article

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