Landslide susceptibility mapping of the Sea to Sky transportation corridor, British Columbia, Canada: Comparison of two methods

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 447-466

  Blais Stevens, A ^a   Behnia, P ^a   Kremer, M ^a   Page, A ^a   Kung, R ^b   Bonham Carter, G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Debris flows; Fuzzy logic method; Landslide susceptibility; Qualitative heuristic method; Rockfalls slides; Sea to Sky corridor

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; DEBRIS FLOWS; FUZZY LOGIC METHOD; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ROCKFALLS; SEA TO SKY CORRIDOR;

DEBRIS; FUZZY LOGIC; HEURISTIC METHODS; LANDSLIDES; ROCK BURSTS;

MAPPING;

DEBRIS FLOW; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING; ROCKFALL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84864826633     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-012-0421-z     Document Type: Article

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