Debris flow impact assessment along the Al-Raith Road, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using remote sensing data and field investigations

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 620-638

  Youssef, Ahmed M ^a,b   Al Kathery, Mohamed ^b   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^c   El Sahly, Turki ^b  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

^b SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DEBRIS; LANDSLIDES; REMOTE SENSING; ROADS AND STREETS; ROCK BURSTS; ROCKS;

DEBRIS FLOW HAZARDS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; HEAVY RAINFALL; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SUITABLE SOLUTIONS;

TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84955756858     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2014.933130     Document Type: Article

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