Assessing the spatial variability of coefficients of landslide predictors in different regions of Romania using logistic regression

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3339-3355

  Margarint M C ^a   Grozavu, A ^a   Patriche, C V ^b  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

MOLDAVIAN PLATEAU; ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

EID: 84890962736     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-3339-2013     Document Type: Article

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