Assessing fracture occurrence using "weighted fracturing density": A step towards estimating rock instability hazard

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-93

  Jaboyedoff, M ^a,b   Baillifard, F ^a,c   Philippossian, F ^a,d   Rouiller, J D ^a  

^a CREALP Res Ctron Alpine Environ   (Switzerland)

^b Quanterra   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d Bureau d'Études Geologiques   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISCONTINUITY; FRACTURE NETWORK; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ROCKFALL;

EID: 16544364472     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-4-83-2004     Document Type: Article

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