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Macro landslide hazard zonation mapping - Case Study from Bodi - Bodimettu Ghats section, Theni District, Tamil Nadu [1]

Landslide is a common natural hazard that usually occurs in mountainous areas. Rapid urban development and high traffic intensity movements have been hampered to a great extent by phenomenon of landslides. In the present study, Maco Landslide Hazard Zonation was carried out in the Bodi-Bodimettu ghats section, Western Ghats, Theni district.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
M. Kannan [2], E. Saranathan [3], R. Anbalagan [4]
Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing [5]
39
4
485-496
Tags:
Landslides [6], Theni (D) [7], Tamil Nadu [8], Western Ghats [9], Remote Sensing [10], Geology [11]
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