Global patterns of loss of life from landslides

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 927-930

  Petley, David ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; GLOBAL DATA; GLOBAL PATTERNS; LOSS OF LIFE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POPULATION DENSITIES; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER MONTHS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

LANDSLIDES;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LANDSLIDE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 84868694186     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33217.1     Document Type: Article

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