Probabilistic approach to rock fall hazard assessment: Potential of historical data analysis

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 15-26

  Dussauge Peisser, C ^a   Helmstetter, A ^b   Grasso, J R ^b   Hantz, D ^a   Desvarreux, P ^a   Jeannin, M ^a   Giraud, A ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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EID: 1642310032     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-2-15-2002     Document Type: Article

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