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Dynamic characteristics analysis of shallow landslides in response to rainfall event using GIS

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The work described in this paper was substantially supported by a grant from the Research Grant Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. HKU 7015/02E) and the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40225004) and Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G7, Canada

    H. X. Lan & C. D. Martin

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    C. F. Lee

  3. State Key Laboratory of Natural Resources and Environmental System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A Datun Road Anwai, 100101, Beijng, China

    H. X. Lan & C. H. Zhou

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Lan, H.X., Lee, C.F., Zhou, C.H. et al. Dynamic characteristics analysis of shallow landslides in response to rainfall event using GIS. Env Geol 47, 254–267 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-004-1151-8

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