Morphological and kinematic evolution of a large earthflow: The Montaguto landslide, southern Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 187, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-79

  Giordan, Daniele ^a   Allasia, Paolo ^a   Manconi, Andrea ^a   Baldo, Marco ^a   Santangelo, Michele ^a,b   Cardinali, Mauro ^a   Corazza, Angelo ^c   Albanese, Vincenzo ^c   Lollino, Giorgio ^a   Guzzetti, Fausto ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Earthflow; Italian Apennines; LiDAR; Montaguto; Topographic monitoring

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; LIDAR; MASS MOVEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AVELLINO; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; MONTAGUTO;

EID: 84875485076     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.035     Document Type: Article

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