Identification of alluvial fans susceptible to debris-flow hazards

Landslides

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-194

  Welsh, Andrew ^a   Davies, Tim ^b  

^a University of Canterbury ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Catchment parameters; Debris flow hazards; Geomorphology; GIS; Hazard area identification

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; DEBRIS FLOWS; DEBRIS-FLOW HAZARDS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FIELD INVESTIGATION; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HAZARD AREA IDENTIFICATION; NEW ZEALAND; PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH;

CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARDS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LANDFORMS; RUNOFF;

DEBRIS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; CATCHMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FIELD SURVEY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79958782172     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-010-0238-4     Document Type: Article

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