Areal distribution of large-scale landslides along highway corridors in central Nepal

Georisk

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Bhandary, Netra Prakash ^a   Yatabe, Ryuichi ^a   Dahal, Ranjan Kumar ^a,b   Hasegawa, Shuichi ^c   Inagaki, Hideki ^d  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kankyo Chishitsu Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

landslide distribution; Large scale landslide; lesser Himalayan zone; Nepal landslides; roadside landslides; Siwalik zone

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; LANDSLIDE; MITIGATION; PHYLLITE; SLOPE; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

HIMALAYAS; LESSER HIMALAYAS; SIWALIK HILLS;

EID: 84874194460     PISSN: 17499518     EISSN: 17499526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17499518.2012.743377     Document Type: Article

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