A slab-on-slab model for the Flims rockslide (Swiss Alps)

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 587-600

  Pollet, Nicolas ^a   Cojean, Roger ^b   Couture, Réjean ^c   Schneider, Jean Luc ^d   Strom, Alexander L ^e   Voirin, Claire ^f   Wassmer, Patrick ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Disintegration; Flims; Rock avalanche; Rockslide; Topographic control

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DISINTEGRATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS;

ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCKSLIDE; TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROL;

LANDSLIDES;

LANDSLIDE; MODELING; ROCKFALL;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24044539535     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t04-122     Document Type: Article

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