The RUSLE erosion index as a proxy indicator for debris flow susceptibility

Landslides

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 847-859

  Zini, Alessandro ^a   Grauso, Sergio ^b   Verrubbi, Vladimiro ^b   Falconi, Luca ^b   Leoni, Gabriele ^c   Puglisi, Claudio ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Logistic regression; RUSLE; Soil erosion; Susceptibility modeling

Indexed keywords

EROSION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

DEBRIS FLOWS; DEBRIS-FLOW SUSCEPTIBILITIES; INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; RUSLE; SOIL EROSION;

DEBRIS;

ABIOTIC FACTOR; DEBRIS FLOW; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; INDEX METHOD; LANDSLIDE; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL EROSION; VULNERABILITY;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84942876612     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-014-0515-8     Document Type: Article

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