Triggering threshold precipitation and soil hydrological characteristics of shallow landslides in granitic landscapes

Geomorphology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 178-189

  Ruiz Villanueva, V ^a   Bodoque, J M ^b   Diez Herrero A ^a   Calvo, C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c Torrelodones ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Critical rainfall intensity; Rainfall ID threshold; Seismic refraction tomography; Spanish Central System; TDR

Indexed keywords

GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SOIL DYNAMICS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

SIERRA DE GREDOS; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SPAIN;

EID: 80052502388     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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