Use of rainfall statistical return periods to determine threshold for mass wasting events

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-356

  Hromadka II, T V ^a   Hromadka III, T V ^b   Phillips, M ^a  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Earth movement; Infiltration; Landslide; Mass wasting; Mudflow; Rainfall; Return frequency; Return period

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOWS; EARTH MOVEMENTS; MASS WASTING; MUDFLOW; RAINFALL; RETURN FREQUENCY; RETURN PERIOD;

DEBRIS; ESTIMATION; GAGES; LANDSLIDES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAIN GAGES; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS;

RAIN;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEBRIS FLOW; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; MUDFLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RETURN PERIOD;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957453206     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.16.4.343     Document Type: Article

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