Physically-based and distributed approach to analyze rainfall-triggered landslides at watershed scale

Geomorphology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 121-131

  Arnone, E ^a   Noto, L V ^a   Lepore, C ^b   Bras, R L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor of safety; Hydrological processes; Landslide; Stability

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; PORE PRESSURE; POREWATER; RAINFALL; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WATERSHED;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 80052453633     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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