Presence-only approach to assess landslide triggering-thickness susceptibility: a test for the Mili catchment (north-eastern Sicily, Italy)

Natural Hazards

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 565-588

  Lombardo, L ^a,b   Fubelli, G ^c   Amato, G ^d   Bonasera, M ^d  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Landslide; MaxEnt; Presence only; Rainfall induced shallow mass movements; Susceptibility; Triggering thickness

Indexed keywords

ASTER; CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84976292799     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2443-5     Document Type: Article

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