Magnitude and frequency of rock falls and rock slides along the main transportation corridors of southwestern British Columbia

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 224-238

  Hungr, O ^a   Evans, S G ^b   Hazzard, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Landslide hazard; Magnitude frequency; Risk; Rock fall; Rock slide

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; LANDSLIDE; ROCKFALL; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SLOPE STABILITY;

MAGNITUDE-CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY (MCF) RELATIONSHIPS; ROCK FALL;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 0033237113     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-106     Document Type: Article

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