Regional coseismic landslide hazard assessment without historical landslide inventories: A new approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 711-729

  Kritikos, Theodosios ^a   Robinson, Tom R ^a   Davies, Tim R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

coseismic landslides; fuzzy logic; GIS; ground shaking intensity; hazard; topography

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; COSEISMIC PROCESS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; INVENTORY; LANDSLIDE; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLOPE FAILURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 85027921805     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003224     Document Type: Article

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