Seismic prospecting of a slope affected by deep-seated gravitational slope deformation: The Lago Sackung, Calabria, Italy

Engineering Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 53-64

  Ferrucci, F ^a   Amelio, M ^b   Sorriso Valvo, M ^b   Tansi, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b Ist Ric Per Protez I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabria; Mass movement; Shallow seismic reflection analysis; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISPERSION (WAVES); GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LANDSLIDES; REFLECTION; REFRACTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SLOPE STABILITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LAGO SACKUNG; MASS MOVEMENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION ANALYSIS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SOFTWARE;

ITALY;

EID: 0034124490     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00147-7     Document Type: Article

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