A recent scenario of mass wasting and its impact on the transportation in alborz mountains, iran using geo-information technology

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1337-1349

  Farrokhnia, Alireza ^a   Pirasteh, Saied ^b   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^b,c   Pourkermani, Mohamad ^d   Arian, Mehrdad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alborz mountains; Gis; Iran; Landslides; Lineament; Mass movement; Natural disasters; Remote sensing; Rock falls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928118760     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0238-7     Document Type: Article

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