Spatial variation in geotechnical properties and topographic attributes on the different types of shallow landslides in a loess catchment, China

European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 470-488

  Zhang, Fanyu ^a,b   Pei, Xiangjun ^b   Chen, Wenwu ^a   Liu, Gao ^a   Liang, Shouyun ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Geotechnical properties; Loess catchment; Movement types; Shallow landslides; Topographic attributes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; GLOBAL POSITION SYSTEMS; LANDSLIDE INVENTORIES; MOVEMENT TYPES; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; TOPOGRAPHIC ATTRIBUTES;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 84895921646     PISSN: 19648189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19648189.2014.881754     Document Type: Article

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