Distribution and causes of landslides in the eastern Peloritani of NE Sicily and western Aspromonte of SW Calabria, Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 111-122

  Goswami, Rajasmita ^a   Mitchell, Neil C ^a   Brocklehurst, Simon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2009 flood event of Messina; Fault activity; Landslide magnitude area analysis; Landslide spatial distribution; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; GNEISS; GRANITE; LANDSLIDE; NORMAL FAULT; RAINFALL; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALABRIA; ITALY; MESSINA [SICILY]; PELORITANI MOUNTAINS; SICILY; STRAIT OF MESSINA;

EID: 79960286898     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.04.036     Document Type: Article

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