Rainfall thresholds for prediction of shallow landslides around Chamoli-Joshimath region, Garhwal Himalayas, India

Landslides

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 629-638

  Kanungo, D P ^a   Sharma, Shaifaly ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antecedent rainfall; Garhwal Himalaya; Landslides; Rainfall ID threshold

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDES;

ANTECEDENT RAINFALL; CUMULATIVE RAINFALL; DAILY RAINFALL; GLOBAL SCENARIOS; HIMALAYAS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL THRESHOLDS; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE;

RAIN;

EID: 84905579336     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-013-0438-9     Document Type: Article

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