Landslide vulnerability mapping using frequency ratio model: A geospatial approach in Bodi-Bodimettu Ghat section, Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2901-2913

  Kannan, M ^a   Saranathan, E ^a   Anabalagan, R ^b  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Frequency ratio; GIS; Landslide inventory points; R index method; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DATA SET; DATABASE; DRAINAGE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GPS; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; VULNERABILITY;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; THENI;

EID: 84881449267     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0587-5     Document Type: Article

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