Forest management to minimize landslide risk

Raymond M. Rice

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Forest management to minimize landslide risk

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Authors:

Raymond M. Rice

Year:

1977

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Guidelines for Watershed Management, FAO Conservation Guide, Rome, Italy, 1977. 271-287.

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Abstract

Mass wasting is the dominant erosional process in most steep-sloped catchments. major mechanism in this process is the landslide (2, 6, 8, 19, 24, 25, 29). In this paper, unless explicitly stated to the contrary, the reference to debris avalanches and other forms of shallow failures

Keywords

PSW4351, landslide, erosion, sedimentation, debris avalanches, slope

Citation

Rice, Raymond M. 1977. Forest management to minimize landslide risk. In: Guidelines for Watershed Management, FAO Conservation Guide, Rome, Italy, 1977. 271-287.