Analysis of a new geomorphological inventory of landslides in Valles Marineris, Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 405, Issue , 2014, Pages 156-168

  Brunetti, Maria Teresa ^a,b   Guzzetti, Fausto ^a   Cardinali, Mauro ^a   Fiorucci, Federica ^a   Santangelo, Michele ^a,b   Mancinelli, Paolo ^a   Komatsu, Goro ^c   Borselli, Lorenzo ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Landslide classification; Landslide mapping; Landslide mobility; Landslide size; Mars; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INDUCED SEISMICITY; MAPPING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROCK BURSTS; ROCKS; SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY;

HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL IMAGES; LANDSLIDE INVENTORIES; LANDSLIDE MAPPING; LANDSLIDE MOBILITY; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHODS; MARS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

LANDSLIDES;

CLASSIFICATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEBRIS FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; INVENTORY; LANDSLIDE; MARS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PLANETARY SURFACE; POWER LAW; ROCK AVALANCHE; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84907863626     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.025     Document Type: Article

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