Topo-stress based probabilistic model for shallow landslide susceptibility zonation in the Nepal Himalaya

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3879-3892

  Dahal, Ranjan Kumar ^a   Bhandary, Netra Prakash ^b   Hasegawa, Shuichi ^c   Yatabe, Ryuichi ^b  

^a Department of Geology   (Nepal)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nepal Himalaya; Probabilistic model; Shallow landslide suceptibility; Topo stress

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDSLIDES;

ENGINEERING OPERATION; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HIMALAYAS; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SUCEPTIBILITY; TOPO-STRESS;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

FRICTION; GIS; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE STABILITY; ZONATION;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84899002278     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2774-4     Document Type: Article

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