Brief communication: A century of landslide records in Calabria, southern Italy, looking for changes and trends through a dynamic analysis

Gariano, Stefano Luigi; Petrucci, Olga

doi:10.5194/nhess-26-3077-2026

Articles | Volume 26, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3077-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3077-2026

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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 26, issue 7

Brief communication

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02 Jul 2026

Brief communication |

| 02 Jul 2026

Brief communication: A century of landslide records in Calabria, southern Italy, looking for changes and trends through a dynamic analysis

Stefano Luigi Gariano and Olga Petrucci

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