Assessment of debris-flow susceptibility at medium-scale in the Barcelonnette Basin, France

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 627-641

  Kappes, M S ^a   Malet, J P ^b   Remaitre A ^b   Horton, P ^c   Jaboyedoff, M ^c,d   Bell, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d Quanterra   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING; NATURAL HAZARD;

ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE; BARCELONNETTE BASIN; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

EID: 79952180711     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-627-2011     Document Type: Article

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