The influences of geological and land use settings on shallow landslides triggered by an intense rainfall event in a coastal terraced environment

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 859-875

  Cevasco, Andrea ^a   Pepe, Giacomo ^a   Brandolini, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cinque Terre; Heavy rainfall; Land management; Liguria; Shallow landslides; Terraced slopes

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLOODS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; LITHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RAIN; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CINQUE TERRE; HEAVY RAINFALL; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LIGURIA; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; TERRACED SLOPES;

WEATHERING;

COASTAL ZONE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL;

CINQUE TERRE; ITALY; LA SPEZIA [LIGURIA]; LIGURIA; TUSCANY;

EID: 84905184546     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-013-0544-x     Document Type: Article

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