Rainfall thresholds for possible landslide initiation in wildfire-affected areas of western Greece

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 883-896

  Lainas, S ^a   Sabatakakis, N ^a   Koukis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fire affected areas; ID and ED thresholds; Ilia; Shallow landslides; Western Greece

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; FIRES; LANDSLIDES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

FIRE-AFFECTED AREAS; ID AND ED THRESHOLDS; ILIA; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; WESTERN GREECE;

RAIN;

LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; WILDFIRE;

GREECE;

EID: 84933566465     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-015-0762-5     Document Type: Article

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