The spatial correlation between earthquakes and landslides in Hokkaido (Japan), a GIS-based analysis of the past and the future

Landslides

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-448

  Ayalew, Lulseged ^a   Kasahara, Minoru ^b   Yamagishi, Hiromitsu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; GIS; Hokkaido; Landslides; PGA; PGV

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EMPIRICAL FUNCTIONS; HIGH INTENSITY REGIONS; HIGH PROBABILITY; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; HOKKAIDO; LANDSLIDE HAZARD; LOW LEVEL; LOW PROBABILITY; PGA; PGV; PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDANCE; SLOPE FAILURE; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; PROBABILITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HILLSLOPE; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSLIDE; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SLOPE FAILURE;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 82255175320     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-011-0262-z     Document Type: Article

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