Geophysical imaging of shallow subsurface topography and its implication for shallow landslide susceptibility in the Urseren Valley, Switzerland

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 83, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-56

  Carpentier, Stefan ^a   Konz, Markus ^a,c   Fischer, Ria ^a   Anagnostopoulos, Grigorios ^a   Meusburger, Katrin ^b   Schoeck, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GPR; GPS; Hydrology; Landslides; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COMPLEX ROLES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DOWNSLOPE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HIGH RESOLUTION; KEY FACTORS; MECHANICAL MODEL; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; SLIDING PLANES; SOIL COMPOSITION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL INTERFACES; SPATIAL PREDICTION; SWISS ALPS; SWITZERLAND; TEMPORAL CONTROLS;

BIODIVERSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EROSION; FORECASTING; GEOPHYSICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LANDSLIDES; SOILS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CREEP; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GPS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MECHANICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRENCH;

SWITZERLAND; URI; URSEREN VALLEY;

EID: 84861633255     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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