Modeling rainfall conditions for shallow landsliding in Seattle, Washington

GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology

Volumn 20, Issue , 2008, Pages 137-152

  Godt, Jonathan W ^a   Schulz, William H ^a   Baum, Rex L ^a   Savage, William Z ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; GIS; Landslide; Rainfall; Seattle; Slope stability; Transient flow; Washington

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LANDSLIDES; PORE PRESSURE; SAFETY FACTOR; SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS; STORMS; SURVEYING; TOPOGRAPHY;

AIRBORNE LASER SWATH MAPPINGS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INFINITE SLOPE STABILITIES; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL SOLUTIONS; SEATTLE; TRANSIENT FLOW; WASHINGTON;

RAIN;

EID: 85060708946     PISSN: 00802018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.4020(08)     Document Type: Article

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