Effects of rockfall volume on runout distance

Engineering Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-124

  Okura, Yoichi ^a   Kitahara, Hikaru ^a   Sammori, Toshiaki ^a   Kawanami, Akiko ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDIZATION; GRANITE; GRAVITATION; LANDSLIDES;

ROCKFALL VOLUME; RUNOUT DISTANCE;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0034324549     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(00)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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