Rock-slope failures in Norway; type, geometry, deformation mechanisms and stability

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-88

  Braathen, Alvar ^a,b   Blikra, Lars Harald ^a   Berg, Silje S ^b   Karlsen, Frode ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CLIFF; CREVASSE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; ROCKFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; TOPPLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 14344264125     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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