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Main features and causes of landslides in Finland

Les traits principaux et les causes des glissements de terrain en Finlande

  • Theme 1 Systematic Reconnaissance Mapping and Registration of Slope Movements. Estimation of Risks Dueto Landslides. Influence of Geological and Climatic Conditions on Slope Instability Methods and Economic Importance of the Registration of Slope Movements
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The paper gives a description of the general occurrence of landslides in Finland, both natural and induced by human activities. Their immediate causes as well as their basic geological and hydrological preconditions are discussed.

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L’article donne une description générale des glissements de ferrain en Finlande, aussi bien naturels que ceux qui ont été causés par les activités humaines. Leurs causes immédiates et leurs conditions géologiques et hydrologiques élémentaires ont été analysées.

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  1. Water Research Institute, National Board of Waters, Koukkusaarentie 7 C 329, SF-00980, Helsinki 98, Finland

    Niini H.

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Koukkusaarentie 7 C 329, SF-00980 Helsinki 98

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Niini, H. Main features and causes of landslides in Finland. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology 16, 46–48 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02591444

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