A new approach to rock slope stability - A probability classification (SSPC)

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-184

  Hack, R ^a   Price, D ^b   Rengers, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Probability classification; Slope stability; SSPC

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STABILITY; WEATHERING;

SLOPE STABILITY;

ROCK MECHANICS;

CLASSIFICATION; PROBABILITY; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0037523321     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-002-0155-4     Document Type: Article

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