Landslide-susceptibility mapping in a semi-arid mountain environment: An example from the southern slopes of Sierra Nevada (Granada, Spain)

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-277

  Jimenez Peralvarez J D ^a   Irigaray, C ^a   Hamdouni, R El ^a   Chacon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bivariate statistical analysis; Landslide susceptibility; Semi arid mountain environment; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

BETIC CORDILLERA; HEAVY RAINFALL; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; MATRIX METHODS; OVEREXCAVATION; PHYLLITE; SEMI ARID; SIERRA NEVADA; SLOPE ANGLES; SLOPE ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY AREAS; SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING; TOTAL SURFACE AREA; TRIGGERING FACTORS;

EXCAVATION; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; PUBLIC WORKS; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LANDSLIDES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; LANDSLIDE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SLOPE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SPAIN;

EID: 79955471921     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-010-0332-9     Document Type: Article

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