Comparison of slope instability screening tools following a large storm event and application to forest management and policy

Geomorphology

Volumn 145-146, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-122

  Whittaker, Kara A ^a   McShane, Dan ^b  

^a Washington Forest Law Center   (United States)

^b Stratum Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Forestry; Landslide; Screening tools; Slope instability

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLOPE STABILITY; STREAM CHANNEL;

EID: 84856973982     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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