Experiences from site-specific landslide early warning systems

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2659-2673

  Michoud, C ^a   Bazin, S ^b   Blikra, L H ^c   Derron, M H ^a   Jaboyedoff, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c Åknes/Tafjord Beredskap ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; MONITORING SYSTEM; SLOPE FAILURE;

EID: 84886693821     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-2659-2013     Document Type: Article

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