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The purpose of the present paper is to manifest the results of the neuro-fuzzy model using remote sensing data and GIS for landslide susceptibility an...
A Luoi is a Vietnamese–Laotian border district situated in the western part of Thua Thien Hue province, central Vietnam, where landslides occur freq...
Using observation-driven simulations of global terrestrial hydrology and a cluster algorithm that searches for spatially connected regions of soil moi...

A 6000-year record of changes in drought and precipitation in northeastern China based on a d13C time series from peat cellulose

Hong, Y. T.Wang, Z. G.Jiang, H. B.Lin, Q. H.Hong, B.Zhu, Y. X.Wang, Y.Xu, L. S.Leng, X. T.Li, H. D.
We report a new peat d13C proxy record for humidity or precipitation based on C3 plants from northeastern China. The record reveals two times of signi...

A severe centennial-scale drought in midcontinental North America 4200 years ago and apparent global linkages

Booth, R. K.Jackson, S. T.Forman, S. L.Kutzbach, J. E.Bettis, E. A.Kreig, J.Wright, D. K.
We present evidence from a variety of physical and biological proxies for a severe drought that affected the mid-continent of North America between 4....

Trapping Efficiencies of Cultivated and Natural Riparian Vegetation of Northern Laos

Vigiak, O.Ribolzi, O.Pierret, A.Sengtaheuanghoung, O.Valentin, C.
In northern Laos, intensification of cultivation on sloping land leads to accelerated erosion processes. Management of riparian land may counteract th...

Dams and Their Components

Limin ZhangMing PengDongsheng ChangYao Xu
Dams have been an essential infrastructure in society that contributes to socioeconomic development and prosperity. Topography and geology are the two...
This paper analyzes changes in areas under droughts over the past three decades and alters our understanding of how amplitude and frequency of drought...
Landslides are common geomorphic events on fragile, steep slopes of the granitic mountains in southern Thailand. The ensuing catastrophes have resulte...
The U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) working group on drought recently initiated a series of global climate model simulations forc...

Characteristic and Behavior of Rainfall Induced Landslides in Java Island, Indonesia: An Overview

Christanto, N.Hadmoko, D. S.Westen, C. J.Lavigne, F.Sartohadi, J.Setiawan, M. A.
Landslides are important natural hazards occurring on mountainous area situated in the wet tropical climate like in Java, Indonesia. As a central of e...
The causes and global context of the North American drought between 1998 and 2004 are examined using atmospheric reanalyses and ensembles of atmospher...
The paper describes the technical and administrative arrangements established by governments in the 1980s in two locations in south east Asia to preve...
Quantifying the magnitude of soil organic carbon loss linked to the conversion of forest to arable land in tropical environments requires long-term es...