Determination of rainfall thresholds for shallow landslides by a probabilistic and empirical method

Rainfall-induced landslides not only cause property loss, but also kill and injure large numbers of people every year in mountainous areas in China. These losses and casualties may be avoided to some extent with rainfall threshold values used in an early warning system at a regional scale for the oc...

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Main Authors: J. Huang, N. P. Ju, Y. J. Liao, D. D. Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-12-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/15/2715/2015/nhess-15-2715-2015.pdf