Landslide susceptibility maps using different probabilistic and bivariate statistical models and comparison of their performance at Wadi Itwad Basin, Asir Region, Saudi Arabia

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 63-87

  Youssef, Ahmed Mohamed ^b   Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza ^c   El Haddad, Bosy A ^a   Dhahry, Basem K ^b  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

^b SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer; Frequency ratio; GIS; Index of entropy; Landslide; Saudi Arabia; Susceptibility mapping; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

CURVES (ROAD); ENTROPY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LITHOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY;

DEMPSTER; FREQUENCY RATIOS; SAUDI ARABIA; SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING; WEIGHTS OF EVIDENCES;

LANDSLIDES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LANDSLIDE; MAP; MAPPING; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIR; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84957438374     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-015-0734-9     Document Type: Article

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