Statistical analysis of rockfall volume distributions: Implications for rockfall dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Dussauge, Carine ^a   Grasso, Jean Robert ^b   Helmstetter, Agnès ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Landslides; Natural hazard; Power law distribution; Rockfalls; Self organized criticality

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCKFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18144446664     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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