Landslide susceptibility zonation in Greece

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 523-543

  Sabatakakis, N ^a   Koukis, G ^a   Vassiliades, E ^b   Lainas, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Database management system; Factor analysis; Greece; Landslide controlling factors; Landslide susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATABASE; DIGITAL MAPPING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GIS; LANDSLIDE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THEMATIC MAPPING; ZONATION;

GREECE;

EID: 84870835131     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0381-4     Document Type: Article

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