Gis susceptibility maps for shallow landslides: A case study in Transylvania, Romania

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-92

  Nicorici, Corina ^a   Gray, James ^a   Imbroane, Alexandru M ^b   Barbosu, Mihail ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor of safety; GIS; Landslides; Susceptibility maps; Transylvanian basin

Indexed keywords

COHESION; ESCARPMENT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; LANDSLIDE; SPATIAL DATA;

ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIAN BASIN;

EID: 84866625174     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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