Assessment and mapping of debris-flow risk in a small catchment in eastern Sicily through integrated numerical simulations and GIS

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-63

  Aronica, Giuseppe T ^a   Biondi, Giovanni ^a   Brigandì, Giuseppina ^a   Cascone, Ernesto ^a   Lanza, Stefania ^a   Randazzo, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debris flow propagation; Flood; GIS; Risk mapping; SHALSTAB; Sicily

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; DEBRIS FLOWS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HAZARD AREAS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; IMPACT PRESSURES; IN-SITU TEST; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PER UNIT; POTENTIAL RISKS; RISK CLASSIFICATION; SAINT VENANT EQUATION; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SHALSTAB; SICILY; SMALL CATCHMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; CATCHMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS FLOW; FLOODING; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84865413894     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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