A methodology for estimating risks associated with landslides of contaminated soil into rivers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 481-495

  Göransson, Gunnel ^a,b   Norrman, Jenny ^a,c   Larson, Magnus ^b   Alén, Claes ^c   Rosén, Lars ^c  

^a SWEDISH GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contaminated sites; Environmental risk assessment; Landslide risk assessment; Monte Carlo simulation; Pollution transport; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINATED SITES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RISK CLASSIFICATION;

LANDSLIDES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; LANDSLIDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SWEDEN;

GOTA RIVER; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

CONTAMINATED SITES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE RISK ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LANDSLIDES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SOIL; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84888800685     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.013     Document Type: Article

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