landslide susceptibility assessment assumes greater significance for lessening the impact of a landslide hazard. This paper makes an attempt to assess landslide susceptibility in Shimla district of the northwest Indian Himalayan region. It examined the effectiveness of random forest (RF), multilayer ...
Between 1400 and 2000 m elevation in the terraced slopes of the hills, which is primarily rain-fed, white grub depredations are especially extreme [45]. Indigenous pest management practices were documented for controlling white grubs, as shown in Table 1. All the seven practices documented for ...
The high mountainous hills of the Bani Valley are covered with snow and ice for 2–3 months per year. The different seasons prevailing in Bani Valley can be divided into four distinct intervals: summer, spring, rainy, and winter. The summer temperature varies from 18–45 °C, and the ...
The Bangus Valley is located between 34°35′10.26″ and 34°36′56.71″ N latitude and 74°04′22.27″ and 74°04′30.68″ E longitude at an elevation of 1550–3450 masl in Kupwara District, Kashmir Himalaya, India (Figure 1). It is a linear elliptical bowl-shaped valley aligned along...
Where the uplifted surface lay at a low elevation for a very long time and was covered by resistant sedimentary rock, the flatness of the plateau can be particularly marked. The rock underlying the Colorado Plateau has undergone only very mild deformation since about 1.7 billion years ago during...