Exporting a Google Earth™ aided earth-flow susceptibility model: A test in central Sicily

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-114

  Costanzo, D ^a   Cappadonia, C ^a   Conoscenti, C ^a   Rotigliano, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exportation of models; Google Earth ; Landslide susceptibility; Validation

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; LANDSLIDE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTCROP; RIVER BASIN; SOFTWARE;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84856402884     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9870-0     Document Type: Article

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