Landslides triggered by the June 2013 extreme rainfall event in parts of Uttarakhand state, India

Landslides

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 135-146

  Martha, Tapas R ^a   Roy, Priyom ^a   Govindharaj, K Babu ^a   Kumar, K Vinod ^a   Diwakar, P G ^a   Dadhwal, V K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Disaster; Flood; GLOF; Kedarnath; OBIA; River bank erosion; Satellite data

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DISASTERS; EROSION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; LANDSLIDES; RAIN;

GLOF; KEDARNATH; OBIA; RIVERBANK EROSION; SATELLITE DATA;

RIVERS;

EID: 84925513518     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-014-0540-7     Document Type: Review

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