Debris-flow susceptibility analysis using fluvio-morphological parameters and data mining: Application to the Central-Eastern Pyrenees

Natural Hazards

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-238

  Chevalier, G G ^a   Medina, V ^a   Hurlimann M ^a   Bateman, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data mining; Debris flows; Morphometry; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DEBRIS FLOW; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; MORPHOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PYRENEES;

EID: 84877085493     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0568-3     Document Type: Article

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