Application of weights-of-evidence and certainty factor models and their comparison in landslide susceptibility mapping at Haraz watershed, Iran

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2351-2365

  Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza ^a   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^b   Gokceoglu, Candan ^c   Mohammadi, Majid ^a   Moradi, Hamid Reza ^a  

^a Tarbiat Modares University International Campus   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Certainty factor model; GIS; Iran; Landslide susceptibility; Remote sensing; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; LAND USE; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHY;

HARAZ BASIN; IRAN; MAZANDARAN;

EID: 84879580121     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0532-7     Document Type: Article

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