Assessing landslide vulnerability from soil characteristics-a GIS-based analysis

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 789-796

  Sharma, L P ^a   Patel, Nilanchal ^b   Debnath, P ^c   Ghose, M K ^d  

^a National Informatics Centre   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Central Agriculture University   (India)

^d SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Geographical information system; Landslide events; Landslide vulnerability; Soil characteristics; Soil stability value

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027930795     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0272-5     Document Type: Article

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