Debris flow impact assessment caused by 14 April 2012 rainfall along the Al-Hada Highway, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia using high-resolution satellite imagery

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2591-2601

  Youssef, Ahmed M ^a,b   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^c   Maerz, Norbert H ^d  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

^b SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Geographic information systems (GIS); KSA; Landslide; Mitigation methods; Remote sensing; Volume estimation

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; GIS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; MOTORWAY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLOPE STABILITY; VOLUME;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84902885576     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-0935-0     Document Type: Article

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