The Varnes classification of landslide types, an update

Landslides

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 167-194

  Hungr, Oldrich ^a   Leroueil, Serge ^b   Picarelli, Luciano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification of landslides; Engineering geology; Geotechnical engineering; Materials; Mechanisms; Typology

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MATERIALS; MECHANISMS;

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; FORMAL DEFINITION; GEOTECHNICAL; LANDSLIDE TYPES; TYPOLOGY;

LANDSLIDES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LANDSLIDE; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 84897581301     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-013-0436-y     Document Type: Review

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