Assessment of rockfall risk along roads

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-81

  Budetta, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; ROCKFALL; SLOPE STABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544372997     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-4-71-2004     Document Type: Article

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