Assessment of rockfall hazard at Al-Noor Mountain, Makkah city (Saudi Arabia) using spatio-temporal remote sensing data and field investigation

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 309-321

  Youssef, Ahmed M ^a,b   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^c   Al Kathery, Mohamed ^b   Bathrellos, George D ^d   Skilodimou, Hariklia D ^d  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

^b SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

GIS; Hazard; Makkah; Remote sensing; Rockfall; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ESCARPMENT; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKFALL; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SLOPE STABILITY;

MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; MECCA; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84908325887     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.09.021     Document Type: Article

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