Modeling the mudslide aftermath of the 2007 Southern California Wildfires

An investigation is made of the influence of fire-caused deforestation on precipitation- triggered, shallow landslide susceptibilities in southern California, using a scalable and extensible geo-fluid model (SEGMENT), that accounts for soil mechanics, root distribution, and relevant hydrologic proce...

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Main Authors: Ren, Diandong, Fu, R., Leslie, Lance, Dickinson, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer Netherlands 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49369