Influence of shannon’s entropy on landslide-causing parameters for vulnerability study and zonation—a case study in sikkim, india

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 421-431

  Sharma, L P ^a   Patel, Nilanchal ^b   Ghose, M K ^c   Debnath, P ^d  

^a National Informatics Centre   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^c SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d Post Harvest Technology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Geographical information system; Landslide information value; Landslide vulnerability; Shannon s entropy; Soil parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928109042     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0205-3     Document Type: Article

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